Chapter 1
Introduction to JavaScript
Key Skills & Concepts
• Using Text Editors, WYSIWYG Editors, and Web Browsers
• Defining JavaScript
• Differences Between Client-Side and Server-Side Programming
Welcome to JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, Fifth Edition! You’re obviously interested in learning JavaScript, but perhaps you’re not sure what you need to know to use it. This chapter answers some basic questions about what JavaScript is, provides a brief history of the language, and discusses the various environments that can use JavaScript for programming.
JavaScript is ubiquitous on the World Wide Web. You can use JavaScript both to make your Web pages more interactive, so that they react to a viewer’s actions, and to give your Web pages ...
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