JavaScript ≠ Java

Two completely different programming languages

Complete control

• Complete control over your HTML & CSS
• You can manipulate it any way you want
• Adds more features that you can’t normally access

Think like a computer

• JavaScript is a legit programming language
• You need to start thinking like a computer
• Computers only do exactly what you ask them

A new syntax

• variable — a box that holds something

• if-statement — branches our code 1 of 2 ways

• loop — repeats our code a number of time

• switch — multiple branches

Variable contents

• string — just some text, surrounded in ‘’
• number — just a number, no quotes
• boolean — true or false
• array — a collection, like <ol>
• object — a named collection, like <dl>
• function — a piece of re-usable code

Videos & tutorials

• JavaScript syntax ➔
• JavaScript validator ➔
• JavaScript cheat sheet ➔