Chapter 7. JavaScript in a Window

In the previous chapters, we explored JavaScript as ECMAScript, a powerful object-oriented language, and we saw how MooTools uses the native features of the language to enhance it by adding features like a class system and a better type system.

But while the JavaScript language itself is a very interesting topic, the application of JavaScript for practical use is important as well. From its inception, JavaScript has always been a practical language, specifically for creating applications that run on a web browser. Of course, this is no longer the case. JavaScript has ceased to be a browser-bound language and has moved into the realm of the server, as we'll see in the last part of this book. However, we must first ...

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