What is JavaScript?
If you are taking this course, you know that JavaScript is a popular client-side programming language. Client-side programs run on your computer's web browser. So, where can you see JavasScript on the web? When you visit a website and submit a form, that's JavaScript. The language is easy to use and learn. This article introduces several features of the language and some of the things you can do with it.
Summary
So there you go, your first step into the world of JavaScript. We've begun with just theory, to start getting you used to why you'd use JavaScript and what kind of things you can do with it. Along the way, you saw a few code examples and learned how JavaScript fits in with the rest of the code on your website, amongst other things.
JavaScript may seem a bit daunting right now, but don't worry - in this course, we will take you through it in simple steps that will make sense going forward. In the next article, we will plunge straight into the practical, getting you to jump straight in and build your own JavaScript examples.