Javascript

By examining lots of examples, you will learn how to make use of JavaScript in your own Web pages, and through these examples you will learn some new coding practices for writing JavaScripts. […] Thousands of free JavaScripts are already out there on the Web, and before you start writing a script to do anything you are best off looking on some of these sites to see if someone has already done all of the hard work for you.

To use JavaScripts, you need to understand basic HTML and typically have access to a Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. You do not have to be a programmer to develop and embed useful JavaScripts into your Website! In fact, many Websites offer free JavaScripts that you can just cut and paste into your website.

Access thousands of JavaScripts, complete with tutorials and open discussions with the more than 500,000 registered users at this site.

You don’t need to put JavaScripts inside a page. JavaScripts generally should be placed in an external file — a tag in the Web page “calls” a script that is pulled from another file on the Web server — for various reasons: […]

EVER WEB SITE IS A POTENTIAL RISK. You know the exploits: malware, infected downloads, spyware, fraudulent Web sites, rogue JavaScripts…the list goes on.

Appropriate placement of stylesheets and JavaScripts improves the perceived page load times and prevents browsers getting blocked.

The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript, it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible scorigami scores of games in progress, keeping fans on tenterhooks until the final whistle is blown. Or is it a siren in NFL? Inquiring minds need to know.