While HTML is the backbone of any webpage and CSS adds style and design to it, Javascript is responsible for adding interactivity. HTML and CSS do not provide interactivity, therefore you need to incorporate Javascript. Javascript is a scripting language that is used for web development. The definition of a scripting language is “a programming language that is used to manipulate, customize, and automate the facilities of an existing system”. These scripting languages allow you to create a system and also allow you to manipulate one that currently exists to either update it or fix an issue. Some of the other major scripting languages available today are PHP, Ruby, and Python. As a programming language, Javascript is a set of words used to tell a browser to perform what is being told to do. Javascript is event-driven. This means that it waits for the user to interact and then that is when the code is executed. Javascript is rated as the number one scripting language used today. Javascript is known to excel in user-friendliness as it is easy and efficient for users. I have done work with both Python and now I got the chance to learn Javascript in this class. I found that I enjoyed working with Javascript more and felt it was easier to understand and execute in comparison to python.
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