From the course: Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

How JavaScript is used - JavaScript Tutorial

From the course: Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

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How JavaScript is used

- JavaScript is one of the most versatile programming languages to be created. With its beginnings with the web and browsers it has grown to power service side languages and build client side native or hybrid applications for IOS, MacOS, Android, ChromeOS, and Windows. As a JavaScript coder there are almost limitless options for you in terms of what you can build and where you can deploy your code. In the browser JavaScript can make your websites and web applications interactive. Web technology generally is built using three major components, structured content, style presentation, and interactivity. These are achieved with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript respectively. And almost all websites use these three as a unified collection of technologies to build modern websites and applications. JavaScript is also considered a meta language that many common and popular modern frameworks are built on. AngularJS, ReactJS, CreateJS, and others say it right in the name, JS. Each of these are based on the JavaScript language, and you can build applications using these frameworks that all extend from the core JavaScript language. On the server side, you can use JavaScript with frameworks like NoJS to build powerful back-ends to applications that can scale and adapt easily as your app demands grow and can support new features. Extending beyond the browser, JavaScript has more and more ways every day that you can take what you learn from the web and build apps for desktop or mobile. Technologies like Cordova use JavaScript and other web technologies to create wrappers for them that can be installed on computers, phones, and tablets alongside other apps created with other languages. Frameworks like Ionic are based on JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to make building needed applications easier. Using the universal Windows platform you can also use JavaScript to create apps for any Windows 10 device, including the Xbox One and Hololens. JavaScript opens up almost unlimited opportunities for you as a developer, and the best thing is that JavaScript is not complicated to learn or understand once you get past the basics. Using your new JavaScript skills you can build apps for almost anything.

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