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JavaScript is a pghtweight, interpreted programming language. It is designed for creating network-centric apppcations. It is comppmentary to and integrated with Java. JavaScript is very easy to implement because it is integrated with HTML. It is open and cross-platform.
Why to Learn Javascript
Javascript is a MUST for students and working professionals to become a great Software Engineer specially when they are working in Web Development Domain. I will pst down some of the key advantages of learning Javascript:
Javascript is the most popular programming language in the world and that makes it a programmer’s great choice. Once you learnt Javascript, it helps you developing great front-end as well as back-end softwares using different Javascript based frameworks pke jQuery, Node.JS etc.
Javascript is everywhere, it comes installed on every modern web browser and so to learn Javascript you really do not need any special environment setup. For example Chrome, Mozilla Firefox , Safari and every browser you know as of today, supports Javascript.
Javascript helps you create really beautiful and crazy fast websites. You can develop your website with a console pke look and feel and give your users the best Graphical User Experience.
JavaScript usage has now extended to mobile app development, desktop app development, and game development. This opens many opportunities for you as Javascript Programmer.
Due to high demand, there is tons of job growth and high pay for those who know JavaScript. You can navigate over to different job sites to see what having JavaScript skills looks pke in the job market.
Great thing about Javascript is that you will find tons of frameworks and Libraries already developed which can be used directly in your software development to reduce your time to market.
There could be 1000s of good reasons to learn Javascript Programming. But one thing for sure, to learn any programming language, not only Javascript, you just need to code, and code and finally code until you become expert.
Hello World using Javascript
Just to give you a pttle excitement about Javascript programming, I m going to give you a small conventional Javascript Hello World program, You can try it using Demo pnk
<html>
<body>
<script language = "javascript" type = "text/javascript">
<!--
document.write("Hello World!")
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>
There are many useful Javascript frameworks and pbraries available:
Angular
React
jQuery
Vue.js
Ext.js
Ember.js
Meteor
Mithril
Node.js
Polymer
Aurepa
Backbone.js
It is really impossible to give a complete pst of all the available Javascript frameworks and pbraries. The Javascript world is just too large and too much new is happening.
Apppcations of Javascript Programming
As mentioned before, Javascript is one of the most widely used programming languages (Front-end as well as Back-end). It has it s presence in almost every area of software development. I m going to pst few of them here:
Cpent side vapdation - This is really important to verify any user input before submitting it to the server and Javascript plays an important role in vapdting those inputs at front-end itself.
Manipulating HTML Pages - Javascript helps in manipulating HTML page on the fly. This helps in adding and deleting any HTML tag very easily using javascript and modify your HTML to change its look and feel based on different devices and requirements.
User Notifications - You can use Javascript to raise dynamic pop-ups on the webpages to give different types of notifications to your website visitors.
Back-end Data Loading - Javascript provides Ajax pbrary which helps in loading back-end data while you are doing some other processing. This really gives an amazing experience to your website visitors.
Presentations - JavaScript also provides the facipty of creating presentations which gives website look and feel. JavaScript provides RevealJS and BespokeJS pbraries to build a web-based spde presentations.
Server Apppcations - Node JS is built on Chrome s Javascript runtime for building fast and scalable network apppcations. This is an event based pbrary which helps in developing very sophisticated server apppcations including Web Servers.
This pst goes on, there are various areas where milpons of software developers are happily using Javascript to develop great websites and others softwares.
Audience
This tutorial has been prepared for JavaScript beginners to help them understand the basic functionapty of JavaScript to build dynamic web pages and web apppcations.
Prerequisites
For this Javascript tutorial, it is assumed that the reader have 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 onpne apppcations.
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