Basic Scripting
Javascript is a scripting language which when used in conjunction with html
can provide programming logic and interactivity not found in html alone.
The first example shows how to include a javascript within an html page. It also
demonstrates how to use alerts.
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The second example shows how to include an external javascript file.
Here's the external javascript file called hi-script.js.
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The third example shows the use of another kind of dialog box called prompt.
It's used to get information from the user.
Here's the external javascript file called prompt-script.js. Note the name variable declaration.
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In the fourth example, we can see that javascript allows for doing arithmetic and can also write directly
to our web page and not just to dialog boxes.
Here's the external javascript file called write.js. Note the ability to write html tags.
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- Students will extend code samples provided in tutorial website so that students create their own alerts, prompts, and math statements