CS2361–Internet & Java 2.1
Introduction What is JavaScript? Discuss its features ¾ JavaScript is a client-side scripting language and is the defacto scripting language for most web-based application. ¾ It is used to enhance the functionality and appearance of Web pages by making it more dynamic, interactive and creating web pages on the fly. ¾ JavaScript is interpreted by the browser. ¾ Statements are terminated by a ; but is not required. ¾ JavaScript standard is defined by ECMA to which Netscape is fully compliant whereas IE complies with a modified version known as JScript. ¾ The