Getting Started
We're about ready to begin. To write JavaScripts, you need a web browser and a text editor. Any text editor will do: Notepad or WordPad in Windows and SimpleText on a Macintosh are the simplest choices. Microsoft Word or Corel's WordPerfect will work as well. You can also use a text editor such as BBEdit or HomeSite, which are designed to work with HTML and JavaScript.
Some tools for building websites will actually write JavaScript for you—for example, Adobe's Dreamweaver and GoLive. These tools work fine when you want to write JavaScripts for common features such as image rollovers and you know you'll never want to change them. Unfortunately, the JavaScript often ends up much longer than necessary, and you may find it difficult ...
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