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Description of  JAVASCRIPT FUNDAMENTALS AND BASICS

In This Book You Will Learn What is JavaScript?Was designed to add interactivity to HTML pagesIs a scripting language (a scripting language is a lightweight programming language)JavaScript code is usually embedded directly into HTML pagesJavaScript is an interpreted language (means that scripts execute without preliminary compilation) 5 What can a JavaScript do?JavaScript gives HTML designers a programming toolJavaScript can put dynamic text into an HTML pageJavaScript can react to eventsJavaScript can read and write HTML elementsJavaScript can be used to validate input dataJavaScript can be used to detect the visitor's browserJavaScript can be used to create cookies 6 How to put a JavaScript code into an HTML page?How JavaScript was created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Standardizing JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evolving JavaScript: dont break the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .What are good references for JavaScript? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .How do I find out what JavaScript features are supported where? . . . . .Where can I look up what features are planned for JavaScript? . . . . . .Why does JavaScript fail silently so often? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Why cant we clean up JavaScript, by removing quirks and outdated fea-tures? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .How can I quickly try out a piece of JavaScript code? . . . . . . . . . . . SyntaxAn overview of JavaScripts syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Statement vs. expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ambiguous syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Semicolons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Automatic semicolon insertion (ASI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Semicolons: best practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Strict mode vs. sloppy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AND MANY MORE BUY THIS BOOK NOW Read more