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Understanding JavaScript and HTML Basics

The document provides an overview of HTML, JavaScript, and what a scripting language is. HTML is a markup language that uses tags to format text for display in a web browser. JavaScript is a scripting language that allows dynamic interactions on webpages beyond what HTML alone can do. A scripting language is a programming language that browsers can understand to perform tasks.

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Understanding JavaScript and HTML Basics

The document provides an overview of HTML, JavaScript, and what a scripting language is. HTML is a markup language that uses tags to format text for display in a web browser. JavaScript is a scripting language that allows dynamic interactions on webpages beyond what HTML alone can do. A scripting language is a programming language that browsers can understand to perform tasks.

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What is java script?

HTML: HyperText Markup Language What HTML is, is nothing more then a way to 'markup' text to display it in anoth er way. For example, if you've ever taken document Editing classes in English cl ass back in High school. you most likly had a class that delt with this. Where y ou needed to put in a symbole that told a typist that a new paragraph was needed 'here' on the page, or that this word was mis-spelled. This is what HTML is. it 's those 'symbols' that tell the browser 'ok, this word needs to be bold. and th is one needs to be underlined' etc. and it uses 'tags' to do this. For example, if you wanted a word to be bold you would use the 'bold' tag to say "this <B>WORD</B> is bold." the <b></b> are the tags. and JavaScript This is a scripting language. This is a real programming language that browers u nderstand. For example let's say in HTML you have a text box where someone can t ype in something.. but you don't want them to write naughty words in it. You cou ld use Javascript to parse the text that was typed in in order to check for naug hty words. Javascript allows you to do things on a webpage that HTML and XML won't let you do. HTML is the base, with Javascript sitting on top of it. XML is like a data f ile standing outside the main sphere of HTML/Javascript. what is scripting language?

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