For example, building a one-page form-mailer application for a Windows server in ASP.NET might be considered overkill, but it's a perfect situation for an ASP page.

Scripting adds extra usability and functionality to a website. Server-side scripting refers to programs that tell the server hosting the Web page how to operate. Examples of server-side scripting ...

Server-side Scripting Microsoft introduced ASPs, along with its Internet Information Server 3.0, to allow developers to create Web pages that can interact with databases and other applications.

In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how to upload a file from a web browser, with a Node.js file upload handler on the server-side, and a pure, Ajax based JavaScript process on the client side. Step ...

Example: Okay, iCloud server-side scripting is all well and good, but when is Apple going to put polka dots on the iPad cases so they're easier to see against my Paisley design duvet covers?

Query your data. In most cases scripts use SQL (Structured Query Language) to retrieve specific sets of data from databases. These SQL queries can execute from inside a server side script.