JavaScript – Introduction

JavaScript Introduction:

  • JavaScript performs Client-side validations
  • JavaScript provides Functionality to web pages.
  • JavaScript executes with HTML code.
  • JavaScript is case-sensitive language

We can Write JavaScript code in places of HTML document

  1. Inline JavaScript
  2. Internal JavaScript
  3. External JavaScript

We can Write JavaScript code in places of HTML document

  1. In Body Location(Inline JavaScript)
  2. In Head Location(Internal JavaScript)
  3. External JS File

Body Location: Execute Script when web page is loading.

<html>
            <body>
                        <script>
                                    alert(“Alert box while loading page”);
                        </script>
            </body>
</html>

Head Location: Execute Script on action (for example click on button).

<html>
            <head>
                        <script>
                                    function run(){
                                                alert(“Alert when we click on button”);
                                    }
                        </script>
            </head>
            <body>
                        <button onclick=”run()”>Click Me</button>
            </body>
</html>

External JavaScript file:

web.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
            <head>
                        <script type=”text/javascript” src=”mycode.js”></script> 
            </head>
            <body>
                        <button onclick=”alertMe()”>Click Me to Alert</button> <br/>
                        <button onclick=”promptMe()”>Click Me to Prompt</button>
            </body>
</html>

mycode.js:

function alertMe()
{
            alert(“It is alert box”);
}
 
function promptMe()
{
            var name = prompt(“Enter your name : “);
            alert(“Hello ” + name + “, Welcome”);
}
Scroll to Top