Contents

Preface

Acknowledgment

1. Overview and Setup

What Is a Program?

What Is JavaScript?

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

What Is a Web Application?

What Is the Web Audio API?

Setting Up Your Work Environment

Setup View in Browser for Windows

Setup View in Browser for Mac

How to Create Code Snippets

Accessing the Chrome Developer Tools

Troubleshooting Problems and Getting Help

2. Getting Started with JavaScript and the Web Audio API

Hello Sound Program

Variables

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Documenting Your Code with Comments

Exploring Variables with an Oscillator

console.log()

String

Built-In String Methods

toUpperCase()

toLowerCase()

charAt()

replace()

slice()

The length Property

Numbers

How to Determine the Data Type of a Variable

Examples of Arithmetic Operators

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