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INTRODUCTION TO JAVASCRIPT

PROGRAMMING
Performing Mensuration and Calculation
OBJECTIVES:

• Analyze and explain the structure


and syntax of JavaScript
• Explain what a variable is and how
it works in a program
• JavaScript is a scripting What is
or programming JavaScript?
language that allows you
to implement complex
features on web pages.
• Created by Brendan Eich
Structure and Syntax

1. JavaScript is case sensitive


var a = 2
var A = 4

Variable a is different from variable A


Structure and Syntax
2. JavaScript requires one space between
keywords, identifiers and names.

function greet()
3. Every line of codes ends in a semi colon (

document.write(“I’m a programmer”);
Structure and Syntax
4. Comments- are remarks added to describe
certain parts of codes in a program

// single-line comment

/* this is a multi
line comment */
General structure and syntax of a JavaScript code inside HTML

<html>
<head>
<title> javascript sample code </title>
</head>

<body>
<script type = “text/javascript”>

document.write (“HELLO WORLD!’);

</script>
</body>
</html>
General structure and syntax of a JavaScript code inside HTML

<html>
<head>
<title> javascript sample code </title>
Statement is placed between
</head> <script> and </script>

<body>
<script type = “text/javascript”>
document.write() displays
document.write (“HELLO WORLD!”); whatever string is entered
inside the parenthesis
</script> between the open and close
</body> quotation marks “ “.
</html>
Integrating HTML tags to format text content in JavaScript

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<script>
document.write("Hello");
document.write("World");
You will see that there is
</script>
no space between the
</body> HelloWorld output.
</html>
Integrating HTML tags to format text content in JavaScript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<script>
document.write("Hello“ + “<br>”); • You will observe that a + symbol is
document.write("World"); added
</script> • The html tag <br> is used and is placed
between the “ “.
</body> • The + symbol combines the <br> tag
</html> with the text Hello which is telling the
browser to display the output of the
JavaScript Variables
Variables Variable is a temporary
storage that represents a
value.
JavaScript Variables
Variables Variable is a temporary storage that
represents a value.
Example:
var x = 5

var is the keyword for variable


x is the variable name or identifier
= is the assignment operator
JavaScript Variables
Variables Rules in naming JavaScript
Variables
1. A variable name should begin with a letter
such as x, num1.
2. A variable name cannot start with any
number such as 3y, 2 num
3. A variable name should not be a
JavaScript reserved word such as delete.
4. A variable name is case sensitive
JavaScript Variables
What is the result of the following code?

<script type>
var x = 5
document.write (x)
</script>

OUTPUT:
5
JavaScript Variables
What is the result of the following
code?

<script type>
var x = 5
document.write (x);
document.write (“x”);
</script> OUTPUT:
5x
Answer
Exercises and Assessment in
Module 1
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