Getting Setup

Let's learn javascript -- in three weeks.

Getting Setup

  1. Open your favourite texteditor.
  2. Create an empty file and save it as index.html.
  3. Open a browser. I recommend, Chrome, Mozilla, or Edge.
  4. Open the path: file:///absolute/path/to/your/file, voila, a basic web page.
  5. Return to your texteditor and add some basic HTML scaffolding. eg.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
 <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>My first JS!</title>
 </head>
 <body>

 </body>
</html>
  1. There are two main ways to include a script in our HTML.
    • Directly inline
    • Or externally. Let’s opt for the external option – add the line:
<!-- just before the body closing tag -->
<script src="script.js"></script>
  1. Create a new file in the same directory with your texteditor and call it script.js. Now we’re ready to roll!