JavaScript Programmer's Reference
Chapter One
Introduction to JavaScript
Like many technologies that have enjoyed success and sticking power, JavaScript has taken
on new purpose and relevance since its creation many years ago. It's no longer correct to say that
JavaScript is just a scripting language or even just for the web. In fact, JavaScript is one of the few
truly multi-vendor, multi-platform, and multi-purpose programming languages in use today. It
holds this status not just because it happened to be the language that was designed for browser
scripting but also because it's an extremely flexible, expressive, and forgiving language that both
amateurs and professional developers alike can appreciate. Certainly one could say it's thanks to
the web that we have such an interesting and powerful way to build applications, but it's thanks
to JavaScript that we have such an interesting and powerful web.
This book will serve as a detailed reference for all things JavaScript. This includes, of course, all the
language basics but also virtually everything to do with its core ... read full excerpt from JavaScript Programmer's Reference ebook
