JavaScript 101 - Part 1

Summary

In this article, we took a whirlwind tour of the basic elements that make up the JavaScript language: statements, variables, operations, control structures, and functions (both built-in and not). While not every detail of each of these was presented, we covered just enough to make you dangerous!

To solidify our grasp of these basic concepts, we developed a way of making an alternating table row colour effect without having to keep track of which colour belongs on which row. All of the concepts covered earlier in the article were applied here.

Next Time

In Part 2, we'll look at some more useful examples and further refine our knowledge of JavaScript, by learning about things like event handlers, arrays, and objects.