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JavaScript Introduction

JavaScript is a lightweight programming language that allows for adding interactivity to HTML pages. It was originally named LiveScript but was renamed JavaScript when introduced in Netscape 2.0 in 1995. JavaScript can dynamically update HTML content, react to user events like clicks, validate form data, and detect the user's browser. It is not the same as Java and is instead an implementation of the ECMAScript standard. JavaScript development can begin with a simple text editor since it is interpreted directly in web browsers.

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JavaScript Introduction

JavaScript is a lightweight programming language that allows for adding interactivity to HTML pages. It was originally named LiveScript but was renamed JavaScript when introduced in Netscape 2.0 in 1995. JavaScript can dynamically update HTML content, react to user events like clicks, validate form data, and detect the user's browser. It is not the same as Java and is instead an implementation of the ECMAScript standard. JavaScript development can begin with a simple text editor since it is interpreted directly in web browsers.

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What is JavaScript?
JavaScript started life as LiveScript, but
Netscape changed the name, possibly
because of excitement being generated by
Java. To JavaScript. JavaScript made its first
appearance in Netscape 2.0 in 1995 with a
name LiveScript.
JavaScript is a lightweight interpreted
programming language with object-oriented
capabilities that allow you to build
interactivity into otherwise static HTML
pages.

CONT
JavaScript was designed to add interactivity
to HTML pages
JavaScript is a scripting language A scripting
language is a lightweight programming
language
JavaScript is usually embedded directly into
HTML pages JavaScript is an interpreted
language (means that scripts execute
without preliminary compilation)
Everyone can use JavaScript without
purchasing a license

Are Java and JavaScript are the


Same?
NO!
Java and JavaScript are two completely
different languages in both concept and
design!
Java (developed by Sun Microsystems) is a
powerful and much more complex
programming language - in the same
category as C and C++.

But JavaScript is a Script language, which can


be used just in client side.

What can a JavaScript do?


JavaScript gives HTML designers a
programming tool - HTML authors are
normally not programmers, but JavaScript is
a scripting language with a very simple
syntax! Almost anyone can put small
"snippets" of code into their HTML pages
JavaScript can put dynamic text into an
HTML page - A JavaScript statement like
this: document.write("<h1>" + name +
"</h1>") can write a variable text into an
HTML page

CONT
JavaScript can react to events - A JavaScript
can be set to execute when something
happens, like when a page has finished loading
or when a user clicks on an HTML element.
JavaScript can read and write HTML
elements - A JavaScript can read and change
the content of an HTML element
JavaScript can be used to validate data - A
JavaScript can be used to validate form data
before it is submitted to a server. This saves
the server from extra processing

CONT
JavaScript can be used to detect the
visitor's browser - A JavaScript can be
used to detect the visitor's browser, and depending on the browser - load another
page specifically designed for that browser
JavaScript can be used to create
cookies - A JavaScript can be used to store
and retrieve information on the visitor's
computer

The Real Name is


ECMAScipt

JavaScript is an implementation of the ECMAScript


language standard.
ECMAScript is developed and maintained by the
ECMA organization.
ECMA-262 is the official JavaScript standard.
The language was invented by Brendan Eich at
Netscape (with Navigator 2.0), and has appeared in
all Netscape and Microsoft browsers since 1996.
The standard was approved as an international ISO
(ISO/IEC 16262) standard in 1998.
The development of the standard is still in progress.

JavaScript Development Tools.


One of JavaScripts strengths is that expensive
development tools are not usually required. You
can start with a simple text editor such as
notepad.
Since it is an interpreted language inside the
context of a web browser, you dont need to buy
a compiler.

Notepad++
Adob-DreamWeaver
WeBuilder
Microsoft FrontPage
HTML-Pad

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