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Intro Javascript

The document provides an introduction to JavaScript, highlighting its role in client-side scripting for creating dynamic and interactive web pages. It contrasts JavaScript with server-side programming languages like PHP, emphasizing JavaScript's usability, efficiency, and event-driven capabilities. Additionally, it covers the syntax, functionality, and event handling in JavaScript, illustrating how it integrates with HTML and enhances user experience on web pages.

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Intro Javascript

The document provides an introduction to JavaScript, highlighting its role in client-side scripting for creating dynamic and interactive web pages. It contrasts JavaScript with server-side programming languages like PHP, emphasizing JavaScript's usability, efficiency, and event-driven capabilities. Additionally, it covers the syntax, functionality, and event handling in JavaScript, illustrating how it integrates with HTML and enhances user experience on web pages.

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Intro to Javascript

Unit-4
Client Side Scripting
2

CS380
Why use client-side
3
programming?
PHP already allows us to create dynamic
web pages. Why also use client-side
scripting?
 client-side scripting (JavaScript) benefits:

 usability: can modify a page without


having to post back to the server (faster UI)
 efficiency: can make small, quick changes
to page without waiting for server
 event-driven: can respond to user actions
like clicks and key presses
Why use client-side
4
programming?
 server-side programming (PHP) benefits:
 security: has access to server's private
data; client can't see source code
 compatibility: not subject to browser
compatibility issues
 power: can write files, open connections to
servers, connect to databases, ...
What is Javascript?
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 a lightweight programming language


("scripting language")
 used to make web pages interactive
 insert dynamic text into HTML (ex: user
name)
 react to events (ex: page load user click)
 get information about a user's computer
(ex: browser type)
 perform calculations on user's computer
(ex: form validation)
What is Javascript?
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 a web standard (but not supported


identically by all browsers)
 NOT related to Java other than by name
and some syntactic similarities
Javascript vs Java
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 interpreted, not compiled


 more relaxed syntax and rules
 fewer and "looser" data types
 variables don't need to be declared
 errors often silent (few exceptions)
 key construct is the function rather than
the class
 "first-class" functions are used in many
situations
 contained within a web page and
integrates with its HTML/CSS content
Javascript vs Java
8

+ =
JavaScript vs. PHP
9

 similarities:
 both are interpreted, not compiled
 both are relaxed about syntax, rules,
and types
 both are case-sensitive
 both have built-in regular expressions
for powerful text processing
JavaScript vs. PHP
10

 differences:
 JS is more object-oriented: noun.verb(),
less procedural: verb(noun)
 JS focuses on user interfaces and
interacting with a document; PHP is
geared toward HTML output and
file/form processing
 JS code runs on the client's browser; PHP
code runs on the web server
JS <3
Linking to a JavaScript file:
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script
<script src="filename" type="text/javascript"></script>

HTML
 script tag should be placed in HTML
page's head
 script code is stored in a separate .js file
 JS code can be placed directly in the
HTML file's body or head (like CSS)
 but this is bad style (should separate
content, presentation, and behavior
Event-driven programming
12

 split breaks apart a string into an array


using a delimiter
 can also be used with regular expressions
(seen later)
 join merges an array into a single string,
placing a delimiter between them
A JavaScript statement:
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alert
alert("IE6 detected. Suck-mode enabled.");
JS

 a JS command that pops up a dialog box


with a message
Event-driven programming
14

 you are used to programs start with a


main method (or implicit main like in
PHP)
 JavaScript programs instead wait for user
actions called events and respond to
them
 event-driven programming: writing
programs driven by user events
 Let's write a page with a clickable button
that pops up a "Hello, World" window...
Buttons
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<button>Click me!</button> HTML

 button's text appears inside tag; can


also contain images
 To make a responsive button or other UI
control:
1. choose the control (e.g. button) and event
(e.g. mouse 1. click) of interest
2. write a JavaScript function to run when
the event occurs
3. attach the function to the event on the
control
JavaScript functions
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function name() {
statement ;
statement ;
...
statement ;
} JS
function myFunction() {
alert("Hello!");
alert("How are you?");
} JS
 the above could be the contents of
example.js linked to our HTML page
 statements placed into functions can be

evaluated in response to user events


CS380
Event handlers
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<element attributes onclick="function();">...

HTML
<button onclick="myFunction();">Click me!</button>

HTML
 JavaScript functions can be set as event
handlers
 when you interact with the element, the
function will execute
 onclick is just one of many event HTML
attributes we'll use
 but popping up an alert window is
disruptive and annoying

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