JavaScript overview

JavaScript overview

getting started with the internet's programming language

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JavaScript, as a programming language, allows webpages to

  • change its content and/or appearance

    • based on input from a user or from external forces

We will look at the ES6+ (post-2015) ways of doing JavaScript but occasionally take a brief look at how they do things in pre-ES6+ ways if applicable :)

Starting out, JavaScript will seem like it has nothing to do with working on a website but let's look at it this way:

  • data form the building blocks of a programming language

  • operators work on that data

  • branches decide what data to use

  • loops eliminate repetitive data tasks

  • variables (especially objects) store data

  • functions organize all of the above into chunks for later re-use

    • ... and calling certain functions can lead to ... putting content on a website!

More will appear at the [JavaScript series page]