JavaScript for Beginners - Overview (P: I)

Welcome To JavaScript

JavaScript adds interactivity to a webpage. JavaScript works together with HTML and CSS to create attractive, interactive webpages

Before starting with JavaScript, it is recommending that you gain basic knowledge of HTML and CSS

Using JavaScript, you can Display information, validate forms data, create cookies, Change page content, Detect browser detail and many more

JavaScript scripting language works inside the web browser.

Client Side Language

Web site scripts either run on client-side or server side. The client side of a website refers to the web browser that is viewing it. The server-side of a website is the server that hosts it.

PHP, Ruby, on Rails, ASP.NET are among the most popular server-side languages. They are called server side languages because their scripts run in the server that hosts the website, rather than on the user’s computer.

JavaScript is a client-side scripting language. It runs on your computer after you’ve loaded the web page containing the scripts.

Other Use of JavaScript

As previously mentioned, JavaScript was designed to run as a scripting language, inside the web browser.

But as JavaScript has become popular, you can find it in other applications (eg: Adobe acrobat) and even server-side (eg : Node.js) products.

Getting Started

One of the JavaScript benefits that is no special tools are required!

All you need is a basic text editors

• ·        Notepad
• ·        Notepad ++
• ·        Sample text editor 3

Text Editor - NotePad + +

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