The informality, ease, and rapid development cycle of scripting languages make them well suited to the constant change common to most web sites. This issue of the World Wide Web Journal guides developers and users in choosing and deploying scripting solutions such as JavaScript, Perl, VB, Python, and Win-CGI. It also includes discussion of web database connectivity with scripting languages, CGI programming, and an in-depth interview with Perl developers Larry Wall and Tom Christiansen.