Chapter 1. Getting into JavaScript!

JavaScript is a scripting language that enables you to add a new level of interactivity and function to Web pages. After you learn JavaScript, your Web development will take on an entirely new level. In this, the first chapter, you discover why being able to write JavaScript is nowadays almost as important as knowing how to use HTML. You will also get a bit of background on JavaScript before you begin writing JavaScript in earnest in the next chapter.

From this point on, your Web pages will never be the same again!

This chapter teaches you about the following:

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