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JavaScript;  What is it?

JavaScript lets you create applications that runs over the Internet or Intranet using browsers such has Netscape Navigator or the Internet Explorer. Javascript was created by Brendan Eich as a scripting language extending HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). HTML provides the basic scripting language which give all Web pages its format, interactive and its dynamic nature in a web browser. JavaScript provides the advantage of executing Web pages within the browser rather than on the web server.

We can not say "Javascript" without mentioning Java. Javascript is derived from Java. What is Java? Java is an excellent full-blown Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Language from Sun Micro System Inc., it also provides interactivity and a dynamic nature to Web pages and much, much more, like multi-operating system support. But it must be compiled prior to execution. Javascript can only run within a browser. Java programs can run in a browser or as a stand alone application.

Java's vastness has a steep learning curve. Javascript uses the Document Object Model (DOM) to simplify the structure of an HTML document and diminish the learning curve. Plus, Javascript has less objects than Java. With DOM, the HTML document is represented as objects. 

Why Javascript?

As your skills progress as a Web Developer from HTML, you have to know Javascript. Specially for the arena of Client-Server web based application development. Javascript saves on data processing resources by  placing execution on the client-side. You have to know Javascript in order to call yourself a professional web developer. Most cool effects, pop-up windows, scrolling banners that you have seen on the Web are most likely written in JavaScript. 

Where to Begin?

The advice given to Alice in Wonderland was: "Start at the beginning!" Here with us at Aiki Innovations. If you don't like us. Fortunately for you, we have the Internet with quite a number of sites where the Javascript is served and documented.