HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 1

Getting Started with JavaScript

In This Chapter

Adding JavaScript code to your pages

Setting up your environment for JavaScript

Creating variables

Inputting and outputting with modal dialogs

Using concatenation to build text data

Understanding data types

Using string methods and properties

Using conversion functions

Web pages are defined by the HTML code and fleshed out by CSS. But to make them move and breathe, sing, and dance, you need to add a programming language or two. If you thought building web pages was cool, you're going to love what you can do with a little programming. Programming is what makes pages interact with the user. Interactivity is the “new” in “new media” ...