{"id":3433,"date":"2023-02-27T21:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2023-02-27T21:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:26:15","slug":"why-javascript-7b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/2023\/02\/27\/why-javascript-7b\/","title":{"rendered":"Why JavaScript? (7b)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3434 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-191x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-653x1024.png 653w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-768x1205.png 768w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-979x1536.png 979w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc-1305x2048.png 1305w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/02\/javasc.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>Learning JavaScript other languages for web-programming is essential because it is the only language that can be understood by web browsers. When we write simple programming in-class in Visual Studio Code, our changes can be seen immediately when we open a new tab with the VS Code extension\u2014\u201cAlt\u201d + \u201cB\u201d takes me directly to a page where I am prompted to answer a question as soon as I have saved my code changes to add my new \u201cprompt\u201d line. JavaScript is everywhere on the web, and with the advent of <em>Node. js<\/em>, is increasingly used on the backend to process user input information and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, although JavaScript is derived from Java, its syntax is relatively easy to learn compared to other programming languages like C. Not to confuse simple syntax with weak strength, one of JavaScript\u2019s big advantages is that it is very powerful while also compatible with other languages, making it easy for users to embed it into a web page or another programming language&#8217;s script. For those interested in pursuing web development or user design, JavaScript is the top programming language in the world to learn, with the unique position as the most widely-adopted browser language, fully integrated with HTML\/CSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning JavaScript other languages for web-programming is essential because it is the only language that can be understood by web browsers. When we write simple programming in-class in Visual Studio Code, our changes can be seen immediately when we open a new tab with the VS Code extension\u2014\u201cAlt\u201d + \u201cB\u201d takes me directly to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29444,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[663943],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-instructor","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3435,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions\/3435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}