JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development

INTRODUCTION

This book explains how JavaScript can be used in browsers to make websites more interactive, interesting, and user-friendly. You will also learn about jQuery because it makes writing JavaScript a lot easier.

To get the most out of this book, you will need to know how to build web pages using HTML and CSS. Beyond that, no prior experience with programming is necessary. Learning to program with JavaScript involves:

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Understanding some basic programming concepts and the terms that JavaScript programmers use to describe them.

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Learning the language itself, and, like all languages, you need to know its vocabulary and how to structure your sentences.

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Becoming familiar with how it is applied by looking at examples of how JavaScript is commonly used in websites today.

The only equipment you need to use this book are a computer with a modern web browser installed, and your favorite code editor, (e.g., Notepad, TextEdit, Sublime Text, or Coda).

Introduction pages come at the beginning of each chapter. They introduce the key topics you will learn about.

Background pages appear on white. They explain the context of the topics covered that are discussed in each chapter.

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