AJAX 101: Introduction to Javascript (s1e02)

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a HTML document. Then add some JavaScript to display text on the page. Please excuse the pauses in the video, I'm fairly new to JavaScript.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ajax
• javascript
• html
• ajax101

[hsq91]

language="JavaScript" is not needed! If you omit type="text/javascript" you will have an invalid page when checked with W3C's validator.

The required attribute for scripts are the type="text/javascript"

You can use the language attribute for server-side scripts, however:

language="php"

[waynehoggett]

Check the date on the videos...

[lil0egy0kid]

can i use note pad for this i want to learn java script

[waynehoggett]

Agreed. Code highlighting is what makes Notepad++ and Aptana IDE so much better than notepad.

[ihypno]

iv been using notepadd++ for awhile now . can i ask how you got the drop down methods? updated version maybe? lol

[waynehoggett]

I'm actually using Aptana in this video.

[hsq91]

@hsq91 I meant 1999, not 1997, as you can see for yourself, so yeah... 8 years before this video was even here.

[hsq91]

@ReviewsByDan Um, first, why are you reviving my old comment? Second, waynehoggett's reply was always invalid; however, since you guys might think W3C's validator might validate language attribute in 2007 (the time the video is posted), here's the proof: language attribute has been deprecated, and, thus, invalid since 8 years before this video was even posted, in 1997: w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scrip­ts.html#h-18.2.1  Use javascript:alert(document.last­Modified) on that page to see.

[ReviewsByDan]

@hsq91 NOW its old you wrote this 2 years ago haha

[vincent0of0lara]

@waynehoggett 2007? XHTML1.1 already existed then and it was already not allowed.

But what is the IDE you're using.

[jelewis2]

Notepad++ is much less resource-intensive than aptana or other Eclipse-based IDEs, although it lacks the feature-set and extensibility.

[ihypno]

notepad++ is good .. however thanks to this vid i found aptana .. so long notepadd++ lol

[ihypno]

ahh.. that clears that up .. thanks .. ill go check that out .. looks nice .. guessing the IE and FF shows what works for what huh?

[hsq91]

2007 not that old... heck the W3C's standards for HTML 4.01 started since a long time ago (around 1998) LOL! But, still, until this day a lot of people still use the language attribute for JS...