Comments on: Rise of Javascript

By: allan

allan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:34:11 +0000

Desktop Application development using Javascript

Are there any other applications than Adobe Air that can be used to build standalone Desktop applications?

By: jacob

jacob — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:21:11 +0000

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By: footer

footer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:13:06 +0000

This is a great info thanks for this post, i know how to use PHP but in Javascript i’m not pro for that but i will be soon, # thanks.

By: OperaJS

OperaJS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:55:58 +0000

Javascript certainly is on the rise. As an example, on the new Opera Unite (web server on your own computer for the masses) you write server side code in Javascript.

Right now you can’t run PHP under Opera Unite. Instead of PHP you write “server”-side code in JavaScript. It’s actually pretty simple to use JavaScript instead of PHP. See basic howto for example app.

I don’t think Opera would be planning to use PHP as a language, since their main market is web browser and those use JavaScript. Generally speaking JavaScript is more secure, since it has less ways to deal with files and SQL. You can still use files, see sandbox filesystem. You also have templating system.

Besides, using just HTML+JavaScript for both presentation and server-side code is easier than using HTML+JavaScript+PHP+MySQL.

Take a look here: unitehowto.com/PHP