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Asked: 2026-05-14T21:30:34+00:00

I have the following situation. A customer uses JavaScript with jQuery to create a

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I have the following situation. A customer uses JavaScript with jQuery to create a complex website. We would like to use JavaScript and jQuery on the server (IIS) for the following reasons:

  1. Skills transfer – we would like to use JavaScript and jQuery on the server and not have to use eg VB Script. / classic asp. .Net framework/Java etc is ruled out because of this.

  2. Improved options for search/accessibility. We would like to be able to use jQuery as a templating system, but this isn’t viable for search engines and users with js turned off – unless we can selectively run this code on the server.

There is significant investment in IIS and Windows Server, so changing that is not an option.

I know you can run jScript on IIS using windows Script host, but am unsure of the scalability and the process surrounding this. I am also unsure whether this would have access to the DOM.

Here is a diagram that hopefully explains the situation. I was wondering if anyone has done anything similar?

EDIT: I am not looking for critic on web architecture, I am simply wanting to know if there are any options for manipulating the DOM of a page before it is sent to the client, using javascript. Jaxer is one such product (no IIS) Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have a look at bringing the browser to the server, Rhino, and Use Microsoft’s IIS as a Java servlet engine.

    The first link is from John Resig’s (jQuery’s creator) blog.

    Update August 2 2011

    Node.js is coming to Windows.

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