JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web. JavaScript is used in millions of Web pages to add functionality, validate forms, detect browsers, and much more.

1. Getting Started with JavaScript Why should you learn JavaScript? Setting up your environment Integrated Development Environment Web browser Extra tools Online editor How does the browser understand JavaScript? Using the browser console Practice exercise 1.1 Adding JavaScript to a web page Directly in HTML Practice exercise 1.2

Jan 1, 1970 · CS142 Lecture Notes - JavaScript Basics What is JavaScript? From Wikipedia:... high-level, dynamic, untyped, and interpreted programming language... is prototype-based with first-class functions, … ... supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming ... has an API for working with text, arrays, dates and regular expressions

What is Javascript? ! a lightweight programming language ("scripting language") ! used to make web pages interactive ! insert dynamic text into HTML (ex: a date) ! react to events (ex: user clicks on a button) ! get information about a user's computer (ex: browser type) ! perform calculations on user's computer (ex: form validation)

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JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and now widely used also outside of the browser. The rise of Node.js in the last few years unlocked backend development, once the domain of Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, and more traditional server-side languages. Learn all about it!

How do you program in JavaScript? ... supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming ... . . . Effectively the properties of an object are its own property in addition to all the properties up the prototype chain. This is called prototype-based inheritance. Rectangle.prototype = new Shape(...);

An introduction to JavaScript including a brief overview of its history, how it’s used in the industry, and how to write and run JavaScript programs. JavaScript and Programming Languages What is JavaScript? JavaScript was originally created to make things happen on websites.

JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world. JavaScript, often abbreviated to JS, is the default language of the internet. But it doesn’t stop there, JavaScript powers your smart tv, works with the internet of things, and helps build cross platform apps.

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