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JavaScript and its benefits
Javascript was first introduced in 1995. By that time it was named as Livescript and later it was changed into javascript. It is a client side programming language whose processing engine is embedded in web browsers like Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. This enables the processing engine to read and interpret web pages that contain the javascript code when browsing. Javascript can provide a host of exciting features like perform calculations, allows the user to interact with web pages, perform form validations, manipulate elements on the web page, provides excellent visual effects, enables dynamic functions and so much more.
Benefits of javascript
i. You would not be able to move around and you will not be able to go to the next page if your page will be plain HTML. But this can be improved by javascript by using visual displays. Yes, javascript provides visual display to add more effects. Some of the page effects offered by javascript are popups and tooltips, page timeout, collapsing text, color changes and fades, ultimate fader, embedded audio, scrolling banners, flying text, image transitions, news scroller, toggle buttons, fontsizing and fades, user's time on page, etc.
ii. Javascript will add user interactivity. Your web page will be more interactive by using the special effects provided by javascript.
iii. It will provide seamless integration with user plug-ins. Javascript gives access to HTML and also for the browsers, and platform specific objects like browser plug-ins.
iv. The simple errors such as missing information or numeric characters mistakenly placed in a non-numeric field in the web site can be checked, if javascript is available with your site. Hence the user can get the feedback much faster than waiting for a while for the response from the server.
v. Javascript provides access to some system information. That is, by using the javascript you can make your web site visually attractive to your customers and visitors by adding interactivity and dynamics to HTML pages. So that your web page will look interesting and good and not boring. Your web site too look gorgeous if you use javascript.
