JavaScript Introduction

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What is JavaScript?
• JavaScript initially used for “make web pages dynamic”.
• JavaScript is one of the scripting languages which is dynamic computer programming language to make web pages for browser.
• JavaScript is lightweight interpreted programming language.
• JavaScript is not platform dependent. For example- we can write code in one machine and run to another machine. It’s work fine.
• JavaScript makes static HTML web pages into dynamic web pages.
• JavaScript was first released in 1996, alongside initial support for CSS and extensions to HTML.
• The recent JavaScript ecosystem has many libraries and frameworks.

Why we should learn JavaScript?
• To become successful front-end developer and software engineer.
• JavaScript is used for web application and mobile application.
• Most popular programming language in the word.
• A great supply of JavaScript jobs.
• Its super popular.
• JavaScript supports your coding style.

Features in JavaScript
• JavaScript is case-sensitive language.
• JavaScript used looping statement.
• JavaScript provide validation for user input.
• JavaScript handling date and time. For example-
• The JavaScript says, “Good Night, isn’t it? Or “Good Morning”, depending on the current time. It also tells you today’s date.
• Good night, isn’t it? Today is Wednesday, 20 February 2019.
• JavaScript performing simple calculations.
• JavaScript is platform independent.