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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, 5th Edition
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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, 5th Edition

by John Pollock
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
560 pages
13h 36m
English
McGraw-Hill
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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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ISBN: 9781260457698