How many kinds of scripting languages are there?

Question

I want to learn get expert in scripting language. What kinds of modern and most valuable scripting languages are being in used nowadays. Like the scripting languages are being used in flash builder 4.6 and visual studio 2010(also the visual basic 2010 and 2012). Where can i learn them.

Also mention some of the different kinds of scripting languages now-a-days are being in used and is recommended to learn like to create softwares etc etc etc.

Also mention some of the top books recommended from the higher universities.

Answer 1

The software you listed aren't/don't use scripting languages, they are/use programming languages. There's a BIG difference.

The only scripting language that fits your profile is Python.



@Jared:

C# is not a scripting language. If it's compiled to an executable (and it is) then it's a programming language.

Scripting languages are very useful too. I use Lua for scripting in games I make, and I use Perl to automate some tasks that would take 50 times as much code to do in a low level programming language.

Answer 2

Flash isn't a scripting language (to my knowledge).



Also, you must be talking about C# for Visual Studios...again, C and C++ are NOT scripting languages.



So, I would say (and I'm not familiar with any of these really because I HATE scripting languages so I avoid them like the plague):



Python, C#, Perl, Ruby, javascript, MATLAB...and like the other guy said, the list goes on and on (there are 100s of languages out there).



Edit:



Like I said, I'm not familiar with it. For some reason I thought C# was a scripting language, but it's strongly typed, so I stand corrected...it appears to not be a scripting language. Most scripting languages (all that I know of, but I'm sure there are exceptions) are weakly typed and this is actually why I don't like them.



I disagree that scripting languages are faster to code than compiled languages (or strongly typed ones). It's definitely true that they can usually be written with fewer lines of code, but fewer lines of code does not correlate to faster coding (particularly when using an IDE like eclipse). I think scripting languages are generally easier to learn because they usually don't require knowledge of data structures (i.e. associative arrays in Perl and AWK just "work"). Having said that, my experience has been that scripting languages are usually almost impossible to decipher (especially for people that aren't familiar with the language).

Answer 3

Dozens, if not hundreds.



Here's ones you should consider: PHP, Python, Lua, Perl, Javascript,



But there's no way I'm going to put that much effort into completing your class assignment.