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

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1   Introduction to JavaScript

What You Need to Know

Basic HTML and CSS Knowledge

Basic Text Editor and Web Browser Knowledge

Which Version?

Client-Side and Server-Side Programming

Beginning with JavaScript

Prototype-Based

Interpreted Language

Numerous Environments

Putting It All Together

Online Resources

Try This 1-1: Use JavaScript to Write Text

Chapter 1 Self Test

2   Placing JavaScript in an HTML File

Using the HTML Script Tags

Identifying the Scripting Language

Calling External Scripts

Specifying when the Script Should Load

Using <noscript></noscript> Tags

Creating Your First Script

Writing a “Hello World” Script

Creating an HTML Document for the Script

Inserting the Script into the HTML Document