JRVA Script

"JR Visual Applications Script" was my idea for a new scripting language.

Even with Java, JavaScript, and VBScript, I believe there is a niche for an easy-to-learn scripting language for CGI apps. It doesn't need to be as powerful (or as ugly) as Perl. It should make it easy to save files, insert information into existing files, send email, and send an html file back to the browser. It wouldn't have to have a lot more power than that.

PolyForm, by O'Reilly Software, does all of that without having to write any code.

My compromise was to create global routines for the common CGI functions. This lets you create scripts in minutes, rather than hours. The global routines make debugging much easier, too: about all you can do wrong is mis-type the function or variable names.

I use global routines and naming standards for variables and functions. My code is easier to create and maintain.