However while scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl and JavaScript can be considered relatively recent developments, scripting languages have generally existed for many years, effectively “since the invention of the computer”(The World of Scripting Languages, David Barron, 2000).

With this report I intend to analyse exactly what recent scripting languages are and what possible benefits they offer to the user. I also intend to examine the reasons for their current popularity as well as provide a brief review of the history of scripting languages. How they have nearly always existed and how they differ from the modern incarnations that have become so immensely popular.

Finally the phrase scripting could also be describing a new method of programming. A method which allows applications to be developed much quicker and easier and also provides them with the opportunity to adapt and grow. Therefore providing the user with a versatile application that can achieve constantly revised and altered specifications. (David Barron, 2000)

“you can copy and modify for your own use with the minimum of effort”.

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) were first created and used in the early 1980's. They quickly caught on and their use was widespread within a number of years. Today a majority of the endeavour in countless programming projects comprises of the GUI’s.

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