Difference between JavaScript and VBScript

Last Updated : 27 Jun, 2024

JavaScript and VBScript are both scripting languages used to automate tasks and enhance web pages. JavaScript is widely supported across all modern browsers and platforms, making it the preferred choice for web development. In contrast, VBScript is primarily used in Internet Explorer and Windows environments for automation and server-side scripting in legacy systems.

JavaScript

JavaScript is a lightweight and object-oriented scripting language used to create dynamic HTML pages with interactive effects within a webpage. It is an interpreted scripting language and its code is run in a web browser only. It is also called a browser’s language and can be used for client-side developments as well as server-side developments. It was developed by Brendan Eich at Netscape and was first released in 1995.

Example: To demonstrate the JavaScript code.

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript"> 
    document.write("Hello geeks, greeting from GeeksforGeeks") 
</script>

VBScript

VBScript is an active scripting language introduced by Microsoft. It is developed based on Visual Basic and is also called a Visual Basic scripting language. It does not support all browsers, supports only Internet Explorer. It is generally used in Microsoft environments and uses a component object model to access system objects and variables of the environment.

Example: To demonstrate the code of the VBScript.

JavaScript

<script type="text/vbscript"> 
    document.write("Hello geeks, greeting from GeeksforGeeks") 
</script>