JavaScript




Welcome To JavaScript for the Total Non-Programmer

This tutorial will take you step by step through the fundamentals of Javascript. You will learn how to write functions, use data from text boxes, create IF-THEN conditionals, program loops, and generally make your web page "smarter."

What is JavaScript?

Javascript is an easy-to-use programming language that can be embedded in the header of your web pages. It can enhance the dynamics and interactive features of your page by allowing you to perform calculations, check forms, write interactive games, add special effects, customize graphics selections, create security passwords and more.


What's the difference between JavaScript and Java?
Actually, the 2 languages have almost nothing in common except for the name. Although Java is technically an interpreted programming language, it is coded in a similar fashion to C++, with separate header and class files, compiled together prior to execution. It is powerful enough to write major applications and insert them in a web page as a special object called an "applet." Java has been generating a lot of excitment because of its unique ability to run the same program on IBM, Mac, and Unix computers. Java is not considered an easy-to-use language for non-programmers.


Javascript is much simpler to use than Java. With Javascript, if I want check a form for errors, I just type an if-then statement at the top of my page. No compiling, no applets, just a simple sequence.



JavaScript Basics:



Part 1 - Introduction

            What Do I Need?
            Declaring JavaScript 
            Commenting JavaScript

            Alerts in JavaScript
            Variables in JavaScript
            Calculations in JavaScript
            Getting Information From The User using JavaScript

            Output Variables in JavaScript
            Remote JavaScript 

            Windows and HTML
            Opening A Window With JavaScript
            Manipulating The Window with JavaScript
            Examples Of Manipulating Windows using JavaScript

            Link Events in JavaScript
          onClick Event in JavaScript 
            onMouseOver and onMouseOut Event in JavaScript
            Rollover Images in JavaScript
            Status Bar

            If Condition in JavaScript
            While Loops in JavaScript
            For Loops in JavaScript

            Changing The Value Of A Text Box
            Events in JavaScript
            JavaScript Functions
            Parameters

            Using The Submit Button
            Checkboxes
           Radio Buttons
            Selects and Menus

Conclusion