Welcome to the moderately basic class on Javascripting. In this class, I will be taking you through the ins and outs of basic javascripting, explaining where and when it's appropriate to use javascript, where to beware it's use, and then discuss some common and popular uses.

To start off, let me explain what Javascript is. Javascript is a subset of the Java Programming language, which in turn is based on the oh-most-popular (and highly complex) C++ Programming language. But don't let that scare you - it's only a subset - a partial, simplified version specifically made for using with the web! First added to Netscape Navigator in 1995, it was created specifically to allow people (non power-programmers) to be able to use some of the power of Java for the web, without having to master Java itself.