Source Code: Path to Programming JavaScript

This book has been prepared for JavaScript beginners to help them understand the basic functionality of JavaScript to build dynamic web pages and web applications. It is assumed that the reader has a prior knowledge of HTML coding. It would help if the reader had some prior exposure to object-oriented programming concepts and a general idea on creating online applications.What is JavaScript ?JavaScript is a dynamic computer programming language. It is lightweight and most commonly used as a part of web pages, whose implementations allow client-side script to interact with the user and make dynamic pages. It is an interpreted programming language with object-oriented capabilities.JavaScript was first known as LiveScript, but Netscape changed its name to JavaScript, possibly because of the excitement being generated by Java. JavaScript made its first appearance in Netscape 2.0 in 1995 with the name LiveScript. The general-purpose core of the language has been embedded in Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other web browsers.The ECMA-262 Specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript language.•JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.•Designed for creating network-centric applications.•Complementary to and integrated with Java.•Complementary to and integrated with HTML.•Open and cross-platform