JavaScript for Beginners

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Copyright . 2005 Jerry Stratton
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October 29, 2005Getting Started 2
Getting Started
JavaScript allows you to create ‘dynamic, interactive’ web pages: web pages that do things in
response to what your readers do, without having a separate page for each possible response. In
this tutorial, I’m going to cover some of the very basics of using JavaScript in your web pages. I’m
going to assume that you know a little bit about HTML, but nothing about programming or
JavaScript. If you aren’t familiar with HTML, you’ll want to go over the Web Writing Guide at
http://www.hoboes.com/NetLife/Web_Writing/ first.
First, JavaScript has nothing to do with Java. Java is a separate programming language. JavaScript
is a language for scripting web browsers and web servers, although it is seeing other uses as it
becomes popular. Java was created by Sun and is designed for complete software applications,
while JavaScript was created separately by Netscape Corporation and is designed for modifying
(and “scripting”) web pages.
The Basic Web Page
The first thing we need to do is create two files for the tutorial: a web page, and a JavaScript file.
You can call them anything you want. I’m going to call the…