Coding with JavaScript For Dummies (For Dummies Series)

Go from beginner to builder quickly with this hands-on JavaScript guide.

Coding with JavaScript For Dummies provides easy, hands-on instruction for anyone looking to learn this popular client-side language. No experience? No problem! This friendly guide starts from the very beginning and walks you through the basics, then shows you how to apply what you ve learned to real projects. You ll start building right away, including web page elements and simple applications, so you can immediately see how JavaScript is used in the real world. Online exercises allow you to test your code and expand your skills, and the easy-to-follow instruction provides step-by-step guidance toward understanding the JavaScript syntax, applications, and language.

JavaScript enhances static web pages by providing dynamic elements that can adapt and react to user action. It s a need-to-know tool for aspiring web designers, but anyone can benefit from understanding this core development language. Coding with JavaScript For Dummies takes you from beginner to builder quickly as you:

• Learn what JavaScript does, how it works, and where to use it
• Master the core elements of JavaScript and immediately put it to work
• Build interactive web elements and try out your code online
• Create basic applications as you apply JavaScript to the app development workflow

Anytime a website responds to your movement around the screen, that s JavaScript. It makes websites more functional, more beautiful, and more engaging, and your site visitors will demand nothing less. If you want to build a better website, you need JavaScript. If you need JavaScript, Coding with JavaScript For Dummies gets you started off quickly and painlessly, with plenty of hands-on practice.