JavaScript Tutorial 1 – Getting Started – Hello World




JavaScript is a language designed to work with webpages. JavaScript was created by Netscape and is not to be confused with the Java Programming Language developed by Sun Microsystems. JavaScript has a syntax similar to the C Language group. JavaScript works on all modern browsers including IE, FireFox, Safari, Opera and others. JavaScripts are put in the body of the HTML code. There are thousands of sites that have free JavaScripts available for placement into your webpages.
- Just be careful of what you download –
It is important to know HTML before working with JavaScript. For this tutorial series, NotePad++ will be used. It is a Free download at: 
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

I will do my best to have these JavaScripts work with Apple’s iWeb Application

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33 responses to “JavaScript Tutorial 1 – Getting Started – Hello World”

  1. So, i had originally learned javascript on khan academy. On there it allowed you to use commands to input shapes into a small window (example: rect(); or ellipse();). I had an example of an old animation I created on the site and I tried to copy and paste it into the body of the html document, but it does not want to work on any browser. Yes I made sure that javascript was enabled. Can anyone help me out?

  2. I know. I'm having that problem too. Everything I learned from JScript is from either a book or a youtube video of a professor giving a lecture on JavaScript lol. But it's the passion. I love it! I love what it's about, I love what it does and I'm going to continue to get my self taught degree in computer programming lol.

  3. JavaScript is like an F16 fighter Jet. We know how it works and what it does, its just we don't know all the pilot controls in order to fly it. That's how I feel about it. I'm a beginner programmer. Self taught. I breezed through html. I'm stuck on JavaScript. Next I'm gonna tackle C++.

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