On Web scripting
In general server-side scripting languges are programming environment that provides the ability to combine HTML, scripting, and components to create powerful Internet applications that run on your server.Web (or HTML) scripting enables you to set and store variables, and work with data in your HTML code. With scripting, you write your HTML code and create scripts to take action based on user input or variables. You can use server-side scripting languages to create and run dynamic, interactive Web server applications.
Most of todays web applications are using script engines like Python, Perl, PHP, ASP or ASP.NET.
Delphi-like server-side scripting languages
For the moment Borland has not officially released some Delphi-like server-side scripting language. Let's not get confused here: Delphi HAS a way of developing interactive Web server applications. WebSnap, for example, enables Delphi to build the scriptable business objects, database driven web pages, and back-end servers that are integral to a successful, dynamic web site. In case of WebSnap, html code is generated by hardwired delphi functions and when you want to alter design of resulting webpages you often have to recompile the project.Before the release of Delphi for .NET (with its support for ASP.NET) you, as a Delphi developer, were foreced to use some non-Pascal style language when developing interactive web pages / applications using server-side scripting. Hopefully, on the Net, there are some third-party solutions...
A Beginner's Guide to ASP.NET Programming for Delphi developers
This free online course is perfect for beginner Delphi 8 developers as well as for those who want a broad overview of the art of ASP.NET Web programming with Borland Delphi.
Developers will learn how to design, develop and debug Asp.Net web application using Borland Delphi 8 for .Net. The chapters will cover the fundamental elements of creating Web applications (working with Web Forms, Web Services and User Controls) using Delphi, including the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the Delphi for .Net language.
Developers will get up to speed quickly through real world, practical example. The entire course is build arround the DBSWebExample ASP.NET web sample application that comes as a demo project with the Delphi 8 installation.
This course is aimed to those who are new to programming, come from some other development environment (like MS Visual Basic, or Java) or are new to Delphi.
Nozicle Development Environment http://www.nozicle.com
The NDE is a software development tool used to create highly scalable web based applications with the look and feel of Windows. Nozicle applications are 'served' using a standard web server with no proprietary middle-ware. The only other requirements are that the web server is installed with PHP and MySQL. Programming language is 'DelphiScript' and is highly compatible with Borland's Delphi. NDE can use Delphi custom components.
Dimetric Server Pages http://www.dimeric.com/DSWeb/info_dsp.dsp
Dimeric Server Pages (DSP) combine the convenience and flexibility of web development tools such as ASP and JSP, with the speed and robustness of Delphi. DSP allows you to build web pages that contain embedded Delphi code. This code is not interpreted -- it is compiled.
DelphiWebScript http://www.dwscript.com/
DelphiWebScript is a scripting language for use in Delphi projects. The programming language supported by DWS is a subset of Delphi Pascal which supports all important feature of an object orientated programming language. Its HTML features are optimal for web applications and report modules. If a web surfer requests a page with embedded DWS scripts, the scripts are executed and the output of the script is sent back to the web surfer.
aspxDelphi.net http://www.aspdelphi.net
aspxDelphi.net covers all aspects of using Delphi for .NET as a scripting language for ASP.NET, including tutorials and articles on ASP.NET development as well as developing Web Services using ASP.NET with Delphi for .NET.
The main goal of aspxDelphi.net is to bring the world of ASP.NET to Delphi developers.
