JavaScript
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JavaScript is a scripting language for a computer. It is often run in a web browser applications that allow the use of dynamic content like message boxes popping up or a live clock. It is different from the programming language Java.
[change] Example
The following script writes "Example" on the screen:
<script language="JavaScript"> function Example(){ document.write("Example"); } Example(); </script>
The JavaScript is enclosed by <script> </script> tags, to tell that it is a script and not text.
[change] See also
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Wikibooks has more about this subject:
- Mozilla's Official Documentation on JavaScript
- Video - Firefox 2 and Javascript with Mozilla Corp and JavaScript creator Brendan Eich
- The JavaScript Programming Language - a series of video presentations held by Douglas Crockford from Yahoo
- References for Core JavaScript versions: 1.5
- New in JavaScript: 1.7, 1.6
- List of JavaScript releases: versions 1.0 - 1.7
- Innovators of the Net: Brendan Eich and JavaScript (Marc Andreessen, Netscape TechVision, 24 June 1998)
- Brendan's Roadmap Updates: JavaScript 1, 2, and in between - the author's blog entry
- comp.lang.javascript FAQ Official FAQ for the comp.lang.javascript Usenet group
- RFC 4329, a document for the registration of media types related to ECMAScript and JavaScript. The current recommendations are "application/javascript" and "application/ecmascript", although neither is recognized by Internet Explorer.
