4
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4answers
1k views

Scripting language for filling out web form

I have a job as an intern at a technology company, I was given the unfortunate job of performing some data entry into our web management system. The information entered into the web form is stored in ...
2
votes
1answer
121 views

REST efficiency on count and sum methods

For example, if I have a Customer Transactions Table and I create a REST for it. The fields are: date, description, and total_amount. I am trying to figure out which one is much more efficient when ...
8
votes
13answers
2k views

Would a statically typed alternative to JavaScript on webpages be practical?

Preference for dynamic and static typing is largely a matter of taste, and different people find them more or less suitable in different situations. My question is, would it be technically possible ...
3
votes
1answer
680 views

What are my choices for server side sandboxed scripting?

I'm building a public website where users share data and scripts to run over some data. The scripts are run serverside in some sort of sandbox without other interaction this cycle: my Perl program ...
5
votes
4answers
524 views

Can JavaScript be used as a general scripting language?

I've used JavaScript and some frameworks (jQuery, Prototype, some node.js) for client-side web programming, but never on the desktop, where I do most of my scripting work in either Python or Bash. ...
2
votes
1answer
210 views

Is a partially familiar scripting language desirable?

Given that a program (under development) needs a scripting language, and that for various reasons it's not possible to use an off-the-shelf one as is, I'm considering basing it on the syntax and some ...
2
votes
2answers
220 views

Do some interpreted languages only load the scripts once?

The benefit of a compiled application was that all the libraries and classes are loaded one time and sit waiting for input right? I come from a background working with PHP and the resources/classes ...