JavaScript: JavaScript is a scripting language used in web development, primarily in websites. It was designed to look like Java and uses some of the same naming conventions, but the similarities end there. The primary influences of JavaScript are the Self and Scheme programming languages.

 

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JavaScript: JavaScript is a scripting language used in web development, primarily in websites. It was designed to look like Java and uses some of the same naming conventions, but the similarities end th . . . View Full Definition

Link Hoarding: A method of trying to keep all your link popularity by not linking out to other sites, or linking out using JavaScript or through cheesy redirects. Generally link hoarding is a bad idea for . . . View Full Definition

Navigation: Scheme to help website users understand where they are, where they have been, and how that relates to the rest of your website. It is best to use regular HTML navigation rather than coding y . . . View Full Definition

Analytics: Software which allows you to track your page views, user paths, and conversion statistics based upon interpreting your log files or through including a JavaScript tracking code on your site. . . . View Full Definition

Page Views: Number of times a user requests a page that may contain a particular ad. A page is defined as any file or content delivered by a web server that would generally be considered a web document. . . . View Full Definition

AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is a technique which allows a web page to request additional data from a server without requiring a new page to load.

Dynamic Hypertext Mark-Up Language (DHTML): Stands for Dynamic HTML. This term applies to many web design standards such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS where these elements may be intermixed to create more dynamic design elements. By usi . . . View Full Definition

VBScript: Based on the Visual Basic programming language. VBScript was developed by Microsoft as an answer for Netscape's JavaScript programming language. Like JavaScript, VBScript is embedded in to a . . . View Full Definition

Wireless Markup Language (WML): The languages used to create WAP pages. WML is similar to the way HTML is used to create web pages and WMLScript is based on JavaScript. Both are adapted and optimized for a wireless environ . . . View Full Definition