Chapter 1
JavaScript: The Bird’s-Eye View
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting a feel for programming in general, and JavaScript in particular
Learning what you can (and can’t) do with JavaScript
Checking out the tools you need to get coding
Handling older browsers
Adding comments to your JavaScript code
Storing your code in a separate JavaScript file
Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
—LINUS TORVALDS
HTML (which I cover in Book 2) and CSS (which I cover in Book 3) are awesome technologies, and you can use them to create pages that look amazing. But after you funnel your page to your web server and look at it a few (dozen) times, you may notice a subtle feeling of disappointment creeping in. Why? It can be hard to pin down, but that hint of dismay comes from a stark fact: Your web page ...
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