What you’ll learn
- What programming really is
- Why computers need very precise instructions
- What JavaScript is and what it's used for
- How HTML, CSS and JavaScript work together
- A quick (and silly) history of JavaScript
- Where JavaScript runs today
The pages
Seven pages, about 13 minutes.
- What Is Programming? Let's start with a little story. Imagine you just bought a brand-new robot chef. Shiny. Chrome. Very expensive. You…
- Meet JavaScript: The Language of the Web Pull out your phone or open your laptop and visit almost any website. YouTube. Gmail. Your bank. Your favorite online…
- HTML, CSS & JavaScript: The House Analogy You'll often hear JavaScript mentioned alongside two other technologies: HTML and CSS. Together, these three are the…
- A Short (and Slightly Silly) History of JavaScript Gather round, kids. Professor Semicolon is going to tell you a story. It's 1995. The internet is new and exciting…
- Where Does JavaScript Live? JavaScript started out living only inside web browsers. But it's moved out of its parents' house and now lives pretty…
- Why Learn JavaScript? There are hundreds of programming languages. Why start with this one? Here are our favorite reasons. You already have…
- Recap The key ideas of Preschool, What is JavaScript, on one page. A program is a list of precise instructions for a…
Reading is step one
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