JavaScript Design

Conditional Structures

The “thinking” structure in JavaScript is found in the different types of conditional statements in the language. Used in concert with different types of comparative operators, conditional statements take the script on different routes, depending on what conditions have been met.

At the same time that JavaScript has a thinking structure, so should designers. The ability to fluently write your own scripts rather than cutting and pasting someone else’s design frees you from that person’s vision of a page or page component. Let JavaScript figure out what the user is doing, and provide the user with an interesting response from JavaScript rather than something that you don’t understand but can only cut and paste.

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