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JavaScript

 JavaScript

Mohamed Loey

May 26, 2015
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  1. WHAT Is JAVAsCrIpT? • JavaScript is the first Web scripting

    language, developed by Netscape in 1995 • JavaScript is a scripting language. It is a lightweight, • JavaScript is a scripting language. It is a lightweight, but powerful, programming language. • JavaScript similarities to Java/C++ • JavaScript is Client-side web programming • JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world.
  2. JAVAsCrIpT IN HTml • In HTML, JavaScripts must be inserted

    between <script> and </script> tags. • • JavaScripts can be put in the <body> and in the <head> section of an HTML page. • Two Ways to Insert JavaScript: 1. Internal script 2. External script sheet
  3. INTErNAl sCrIpT • Scripts can be placed in the <body>

    or in the <head> section of HTML, and/or in both. <head> section of HTML, and/or in both. • Example:
  4. ExTErNAl sCrIpT sHEET • Scripts can also be placed in

    external files. • • External scripts are practical when the same code is used in many different web pages. • JavaScript files have the file extension .js. • To use an external script, put the name of the script file in the source (src) attribute of the <script> tag
  5. JAVAsCrIpT CAN • Change HTML Elements • • Change HTML

    Attributes • Change HTML Styles (CSS) • Validate Data
  6. AgENdA Part II: JavaScript Syntax  JavaScript is Case Sensitive

     JavaScript Comments  JavaScript Variables  JavaScript Conditions  JavaScript Loops  JavaScript Arrays
  7. JAVAsCrIpT Is CAsE sENsITIVE • In JavaScript all identifiers are

    case sensitive. • The variables lastName and lastname, are two different variables. • The functions myFunction and myfunction, are two different functions. • JavaScript does not interpret Var; as var.
  8. JAVAsCrIpT CommENTs • Single Line Comments • Single line comments

    start with //. • Multi-line Comments • Multi-line comments start with /* and end with */.
  9. JAVAsCrIpT CoNdITIoNs • In JavaScript we have the following conditional

    statements: statements: 1. Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true 2. Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false 3. Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if the first condition is false 4. Use switch to specify many alternative blocks of code to be executed
  10. JAVAsCrIpT loops • JavaScript supports different kinds of loops: 1.

    for - loops through a block of code a number of times 2. for/in - loops through the properties of an object 3. while - loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true 4. do/while - also loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true
  11. JAVAsCrIpT ArrAys • JavaScript arrays are used to store multiple

    values in a single variable. • Example:
  12. JAVAsCrIpT FUNCTIoNs • A JavaScript function is a block of

    code designed to perform a particular task. • A JavaScript function is executed when "something" invokes it (calls it). • Example: