JavaScript Primer
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What is JavaScript? It’s a scripting language that all modern web browsers run that allows you to manipulate web pages and do sweet stuff.
To get started, first, you need an easy way to run JavaScript. While you could write javascript in an html page and run it, it’s generally easier to be able to run scirpts without making an html page. To do this, install Firebug, and use it’s console. (Just install firebug, click on the little cock-roach icon in the lower left of Firefox, and click the console tab, now reload your window.).
Once you have the firebug console working, type the following into the console, and you should get a popup.
alert('Hello World!');
Here’s a video that shows how to install and use Firebug:
If you want to learn more, head over to w3schools’ JavaScript tutorial.
