Javascript is a scripting language that runs in the browser (also in your
local environment with NodeJS)
JS is behind every action/interaction you have performed on the browser
With JS you can create web apps that will run on any machine with a browserJavaScript is a client-side scripting language as well as a server-side scripting language.
This scripting language can be written into HTML pages (also could use CSS for styling the pages), and web browsers understand the page.
This scripting language also acts like an object-oriented programming language but not a class-based object-oriented language.JS is th short form of Javascript.
It is used to make a website functionable.It is the heart of a website!
Javascript contains many functions like:
◻ document.getElementById(id).innerHTML = a new html text//What is JavaScript?
JavaScript is a client-side and server-side scripting language inserted into HTML pages and is understood by web browsers. JavaScript is also an Object-based Programming language// Function: creates a new paragraph and appends it to the bottom of the HTML body.
function createParagraph() {
let para = document.createElement('p');
para.textContent = 'You clicked the button!';
document.body.appendChild(para);
}
/*
1. Get references to all the buttons on the page in an array format.
2. Loop through all the buttons and add a click event listener to each one.
When any button is pressed, the createParagraph() function will be run.
*/
const buttons = document.querySelectorAll('button');
for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length ; i++) {
buttons[i].addEventListener('click', createParagraph);
}