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JavaScript

Posted by Eric Park
Eric Park
1,063 Points

What is the difference between server side and client side Javascript? Are these two breakdowns of JS?

I hear these two terms quite a bit. Is client side and server side JS basically the area in which the JS is being executed?

1 Answer

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Client-side means that the JavaScript code is run on the client machine, which is the browser. Server-side JavaScript means that the code is run on the server which is serving web pages. One runs in the browser (client side), the other runs on the server

Client-side components usually consist of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, JS libraries, images, and whatever other files that are to be downloaded to the browser. On the server, you need a listener to process requests, fetch resources or information, and manipulate them so that they can be sent back to the client, like Node.js.