Advantages and Disadvantages of Server Side Scripting

What is Server Side Scripting?

Server-side scripting is a technique used in web development that involves employing scripts on a web server that produces a response customized for each user’s request to the website.

A script that is interpreted by the webserver is called a server-side script. A server-side script is an instruction set that is processed by the server, and which generates HTML.

The resulting HTML is sent as a part of the HTTP response to the browser.

Advantages

Allows running programs in programming languages that aren’t supported by the browser.
Enables you to program dynamic web applications browser- independently,
Client-side programming features such as Java applets, Dynamic Html, and ActiveX controls, all of which are
browsed specifically.
Can provide the client (browser) with data that does not reside at the client.
Provides improved security measures, since you can write code that can never be viewed from the browser.