Scripting Language

Definition

Scripting Language

any simple high-level programming language that is interpreted at runtime and that is used for programming scripts, which are a kind of macros or batch files

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Scripting Language is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Programming Language
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • Active Server Pages (ASP), which specify dynamically created webpages that utilize a kind of ActiveX scripting
  • JavaScript
  • Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl), which is designed for processing text and generating Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts
  • PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), which is used to produce HTML-embedded scripts for dynamic webpages.
  • Python
  • Visual Basic Script (VBScript)

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Scripting Language are to:

• Document script source code.

Guidelines

• Do not use a scripting language if compile time consistency checking is critical.