8. Client-Side Scripting
Up until now, I really haven’t covered any practical uses of JavaScript. You can go only so far manipulating simple data such as strings and arrays. JavaScript is a “scripting language,” which by definition operates inside some kind of environment. Usually, this environment is an HTML document in a Web browser. From here on, this book focuses on interacting with browsers, Web pages, servers, and user input.
Script Tags
HTML provides a means of including executable code in the form of the <script> element. You can include code in a Web page in two ways.
Inline Scripts
Inline scripts include JavaScript code directly in the markup, like this:
Inline scripts allow you to include your code as text right in the Web page. ...
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