12. A method for developing and executing supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications including application object scripts derived from multiple different scripting languages, the method comprising: specifying, by a script editor interface, scripts for application objects, wherein the script editor interface supports multiple distinct user-side script languages; rendering, by a script translation component, execution-side script of a single execution-side scripting language from source script rendered by the script editor and written according to any of a set of user-side script languages, the set of user-side script languages including at least: a first scripting language, and a second scripting language; and executing, by a scripting engine, the execution-side script of the single execution-side scripting language generated by the script translation component for the first scripting language and the second scripting language.
12. A method for developing and executing supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications including application object scripts derived from multiple different scripting languages, the method comprising: specifying, by a script editor interface, scripts for application objects, wherein the script editor interface supports multiple distinct user-side script languages; rendering, by a script translation component, execution-side script of a single execution-side scripting language from source script rendered by the script editor and written according to any of a set of user-side script languages, the set of user-side script languages including at least: a first scripting language, and a second scripting language; and executing, by a scripting engine, the execution-side script of the single execution-side scripting language generated by the script translation component for the first scripting language and the second scripting language. 15. The method of claim 12 wherein the first script language comprises a text-based scripting language and the second scripting language comprises a graphical object-based scripting language.