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17. HTML5 Scripting: Using JavaScript and <script> Tag

Wallace Jackson1 

(1)Lompoc, California, USA

Now let’s discuss the <script> tag in HTML5. It allows you to use the JavaScript programming language with your HTML5 content creation pipeline (markup, design, programming, and publishing). The JavaScript language is based on ECMAScript 262. It connects the inner-workings of a browser and now the HTML5 OS powering your smartphone, smartwatch, tablet, notebook, and iTV Set with HTML5 markup content definition and CSS3 stylesheet design.

In this chapter, you look at the <script> tag in HTML5, which implements advanced JavaScript content that can take your ...

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