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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?

1/1: Would you use Javascript on your GL site?

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 01 2004 @ 06:11 pm EDT

Linux does not have java by default. Many Linux users do not even use java.. so it is best to stay away from it. Using PHP and MYSql is good enough ;)

Kind regards,
Redfrog

Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: drshakagee on Wednesday, June 02 2004 @ 12:17 am EDT

Javascript and Java are two totally different things, the only similarity is
the name.

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: ScurvyDawg on Wednesday, June 02 2004 @ 05:13 pm EDT

Thats correct Dr. Javascript has nothing to do with the Java language except a similar name. It was originally called LiveScript.

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: mneptok on Friday, June 04 2004 @ 03:00 am EDT

Actually, it was originally called ECMAscript. :)

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: r_f_o_t on Thursday, June 03 2004 @ 02:50 pm EDT

As long as it not browser specific. You know, embrace and extend, IE. ;)

Chuck

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: ByteEnable on Friday, June 04 2004 @ 11:09 pm EDT

I use javascript now on my GL site for the Navigation block. To see it in action just visit www.linuxelectrons.com.

Byte

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: cr33 on Monday, June 21 2004 @ 05:49 am EDT

aren't we using javascript by default?
haven't checked all the layouts, but
XSilver reeks of roll-overs....

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Would you use Javascript on your GL site?
Authored by: ronack on Wednesday, July 07 2004 @ 04:16 pm EDT

I use a lot of JavaScript in my GL sites, very little Java. I think PHP and JavaScript work quite well together. I imagine that most things done it JS can be done in PHP. However when the wheel is already created I see no need to recreate it.

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Javascript for challenge authenticated logins into geeklog.
Authored by: howdy on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 07:48 am EDT

Using javascript to create md5 and sha1 hashes is pretty useful to ensure passwords never get sent in the clear when a user logs into a geeklog site.

All one has to do is generate a "salt" on the server end and send it to the user's web browser when they visit your site. When the user types in the login details on the client end and hits "login," the md5/sha1 hashing javascript takes the password, md5 hashes that password, concatenates the md5 hash with the server-generated salt, then sha1 hashes that and sends that sha1 hash to the server. The server then takes the md5 hash of the password it has in the database, concatenates that md5 hash with the salt that it previously sent to the client, generate a sha1 hash out of that, then compare what it generated to what it received from the client. If that matches, the login is considered valid and no plain text exchange of the password occured. Obviously, this isn't as logging into a site via SSL, but it is decent enough. Also, for "replay protection" (to prevent someone from simply sending the same sniffed sha1 hash to login as a particular user again, geeklog must change the salt it sends to the client after a successful login, or after a small timeout period (something like 2 minutes is good).

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