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, although it's syntax is similar.

[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

• HTML
• Ajax (programming)

[change] Other websites

Wikibooks has more about this subject:

Programming:JavaScript

• 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.

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