Vista - Leaning vbscript

A job opportunity has come up for me and I need to learn VB. Actually
from what the person said they are using VB script with a website. I
guess my questions are.



1. What is a good book to learn this?

2. Is VB scripting into a website normal practice?

3. Any suggestions for learning this?



Thanks all in advance.

"Shawn Skonberg" <jerky@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:99DDC9BDF3E1438CB46EB8B05BAFEB94@xxxxxx
A job opportunity has come up for me and I need to learn VB.

==> wrong newsgroup, VB is not a scripting language...

Actually from what the person said they are using VB script with a website.

==> VB script - would that be a scripting facility of the VB language? Or do
you mean VBScript (all one word)?

I guess my questions are.

1. What is a good book to learn this?

to learn what - the vbscript language, how to use vbscript in a web page
(client side), how to use vbscript in a web page (server side), or what?

2. Is VB scripting into a website normal practice?

developing websites that make use of vbscript is something that is done, but
it is not likely "normal practice" (whatever that means) on the
world-side-web, because vbscript is not supported by every browser (whereas
javascript/jscript is/are). It is sometimes used inhouse (think: intranets)
in environments where the technichological directions are mandated and
required the use of a popular vbscriptable browser (IE). Yet some will
suggest that that may not be the best choice.

3. Any suggestions for learning this?

Well, first you need to figure out specifically what aspect(s) of scripting
this company is interested in. Once that has been done, yes, you certainly
could become an expert they would want to hire ahead of anyone else that
might be available - but this might take some time.

I'd suggest that if they are looking for a scripting expert and you are
starting from a very low level of understanding in this area, you are not
likely going to be of interest to them. If the scripting bit is just a part
and if your already developed other skills will attract their interest, go
apply and tell them you are interested in scripting, and have started to
research what it is you need to know. But, dude, you have not even found the
surface to scratch let alone scratched it yet.

But, if you decide to pursue this, here are some references:

microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript
microsoft.public.scripting.wsh
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

There are a lot of good books out there, but most of them zero in on a
particular area of application. You could get an excellent book on windows
administration scripting, but this would tell you virtually nothing about
scripting a web page - or vice-versa.


/Al

You probably need to find out more about the job
before you'll know what to learn. VBScript is not
used in webpages, generally, because only IE
recognizes it. VBS is used for server-side ASP
code. Maybe that's what the person meant?
In that case you need to learn ASP.

VB is different. There's the original VB for writing
software. There's VB.Net, which is similar to Java
in the way it works. And then there is VBScript.
You need to be clear about which one you're dealing
with. They all have "VB" in the name, but aside from
that the three are quite different things.

"mayayana" <mayaXXyana1a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23XoNCe3yIHA.1236@xxxxxxExcept in Classic ASP...

--

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)

http://joe.fawcett.name

Thank you all for your help. These skills are a small part of the job,
but a vital one. I will find out more information about the job. Thank
you for your time!

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Dunbar [mailto:AlanDrub@xxxxxx]
Posted At: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:47 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript
Conversation: Leaning vbscript
Subject: Re: Leaning vbscript


"Shawn Skonberg" <jerky@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:99DDC9BDF3E1438CB46EB8B05BAFEB94@xxxxxx
A job opportunity has come up for me and I need to learn VB.

==> wrong newsgroup, VB is not a scripting language...

Actually from what the person said they are using VB script with a
website.

==> VB script - would that be a scripting facility of the VB language?
Or do
you mean VBScript (all one word)?

I guess my questions are.

1. What is a good book to learn this?

to learn what - the vbscript language, how to use vbscript in a web page

(client side), how to use vbscript in a web page (server side), or what?

2. Is VB scripting into a website normal practice?

developing websites that make use of vbscript is something that is done,
but
it is not likely "normal practice" (whatever that means) on the
world-side-web, because vbscript is not supported by every browser
(whereas
javascript/jscript is/are). It is sometimes used inhouse (think:
intranets)
in environments where the technichological directions are mandated and
required the use of a popular vbscriptable browser (IE). Yet some will
suggest that that may not be the best choice.

3. Any suggestions for learning this?

Well, first you need to figure out specifically what aspect(s) of
scripting
this company is interested in. Once that has been done, yes, you
certainly
could become an expert they would want to hire ahead of anyone else that

might be available - but this might take some time.

I'd suggest that if they are looking for a scripting expert and you are
starting from a very low level of understanding in this area, you are
not
likely going to be of interest to them. If the scripting bit is just a
part
and if your already developed other skills will attract their interest,
go
apply and tell them you are interested in scripting, and have started to

research what it is you need to know. But, dude, you have not even found
the
surface to scratch let alone scratched it yet.

But, if you decide to pursue this, here are some references:

microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript
microsoft.public.scripting.wsh
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

There are a lot of good books out there, but most of them zero in on a
particular area of application. You could get an excellent book on
windows
administration scripting, but this would tell you virtually nothing
about
scripting a web page - or vice-versa.


/Al

If you need VB-Script Samples, take a look at

http://www.scriptbox.at.tt/

here you can find thousand of VBScripts...


you can find the Windows Script 5.6 Documentation here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

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