1. Hello, World!

In This Chapter

  • Learn why JavaScript is awesome

  • Get your feet wet by creating a simple example

  • Preview what to expect in subsequent chapters

HTML is all about displaying things. CSS is all about making things look good. Between the both of them, you can create some pretty nifty-looking stuff like the weather example you can see in at http://bit.ly/kirupaWeather. Figure 1.1 shows what this weather example looks like.

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FIGURE 1.1

A colorful weather example highlighting a layout designed entirely using only CSS.

Despite how nifty sites built using only CSS and HTML look, they will be pretty static. They don’t adapt or ...

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