INTRODUCTION

You are about to begin a journey through JavaScript—a programming language that adds interactivity and spark to web pages all over the Internet. This book, written primarily for nonprogrammers, provides scripts you can cut and paste for use on your website, but it also explains how they work, so you'll soon be writing your own scripts. Each chapter focuses on a few important JavaScript features, shows you how professional websites incorporate those features, and gives you examples of how you might add those features to your own web pages.

How This Book Is Organized

Before you dive in, here is a quick overview of what you'll learn as you make your way through The Book of JavaScript.

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Chapter 1

This chapter lays out the book's goals, ...

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