Introduction to JavaScript

1. JAVASCRIPT: AN INTRODUCTION
By Mary Lamb and Marcin Marszałek

2. What is JavaScript?
 It is a front end language (user-end)
 It is intended to interact with users
 It can be used to gather information or force
user-action

3. What is JavaScript?
 JavaScript is an independent programming
language
 Embedded in webpages
 Loose typing

4. Why Learn JavaScript
 So users are able to interact with your
website
 You can learn it immediately on your browser
and use it to improve your website
 Used on virtually every browser
 HTML5 is all about JS
 Jobs!

5. Is it Java?
 Not at all
 Different semantics
 Java used to build standalone applications
 JavaScript used with HTML and CSS

6. What Should I Know
Beforehand?
 HTML
 CSS

7. JavaScript
 To learn it, you can use your browser.
 Math
 Strings
 Alert
 Var (loose language)

8. JavaScript
 Prompt
 Array
 If/then statements
 <script> in html

9. Where to learn JS online?
 codacademy.com
 W3schools.com/js
 Developer.mozilla.org/en-
US/docs/Web/JavaScript

10. Where to learn JS? Books

11. Where to learn JS? Books

12. What to learn next?
 JQuery