JavaScript Tutorial - Introduction

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  • The scope of this tutorial is to teach computer programming concepts ... and not necessarily JavaScript.
  • This course was designed to teach my children ranging in age from 7 to 14.
  • JavaScript was chosen because:
    1. A non-strong type language with few differing types.
    2. An interpreted language (no extra compilation steps)
    3. Found in almost any browser
    4. Easily do spiffy graphical elements due to embedding of HTML
    5. Comparable to BASIC of my youth (my first programming language)
    6. Can do pretty sophisticated small programs
    7. Syntax similar to C/C++
    8. Some object-oriented concepts similar to Java/C++
    9. Good stepping stone to other languages
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