CHAPTER 3
The JavaScript API
With the rise of HTML5 there has been a corresponding rise in the use of JavaScript to extend the functionality of the various elements on a web page. In fact, it is becoming increasingly rare to see an HTML5 page that doesn’t include a link to a JavaScript document or library in the header or elsewhere in the document. It is no different when it comes to working with HTML5 video or audio.
JavaScript is the scripting language used in web browsers for client-side programming tasks. JavaScript as used in web browsers is a dialect of the standardized ECMAScript (www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm ...
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