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 JavaScript.
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About JS
========

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Language_Resources
  Links to ECMA 262 specs.

HTML.
=====

``<noscript>`` tag used to render HTML if JavaScript disabled in browser.

Including JavaScript in HTML page.
==================================

In ``head``::

  <html>
    <head>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="abc.js"></script>
    </head>
   ...
  <html>

or alternatively just before closing ``body``::

    <script src="abc.js"></script>
  </body>
  <html>

.. note:: HTML 5 makes ``type="text/javascript"`` unnecessary.

Inlining JavaScript in HTML code.
=================================
::

  <html>
    <h1>Hello!<h1/>
    <script language="javascript">
      <!--
      alert("Hello!")
      document.write("sin(10) = " + Math.sin(10))
      //-->
    </script>
  </html>

Reduce js code size.
====================

http://crockford.com/javascript/jsmin
  The JavaScript Minifier
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/
  YUI Compressor

JavaScript standards.
=====================

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
  ECMAScript Language Specification.
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262-arch.htm
  ECMAScript Language Specification.
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-327.htm
  ECMAScript 3rd Edition Compact Profile
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm
  ECMAScript for XML (E4X) Specification.
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-290.htm
  ECMAScript Components Specification.

JavaScript versions.
====================

JavaScript 1.5 was introduced back in 1999.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference#JavaScript.2FBrowser_support_history
  List of versions with CHANGES.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript#Versions
  List of versions per browser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript#Version_correspondence
  List of versions.
http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es5/
  ECMAScript 5 compatibility table.
http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
  ECMAScript 6 compatibility table.
http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es7/
  ECMAScript 7 compatibility table.
http://caniuse.com/use-strict
  Can I use ECMAScript 5 Strict Mode?

Pretty print from JavaScript.
=============================
::

  console.debug("%o", obj);

Logging in JS.
==============

To Web Developer console (Firefox/Chrome)::

  console.log("str");
  console.info("str is %s", "str");
  console.warn("this is %o", this);
  console.error("int: %i, float: %f, string: %s, object: %o", 2, .333, "str", this);

To see stack-trace use::

  console.trace();
  console.log(new Error().stack); // only FF

XML from JavaScript.
====================

Powerful, standards-compliant JavaScript XML parser that is designed to help web application
designers implement cross platform applications that take advantage of client-side manipulation of
XML data. XML for <SCRIPT> provides a full suite of tools, including:

* A standards-compliant W3C DOM Level 2 processor
* An XPath processor
* A standards-compliant SAX processor
* A simple (classic) DOM processor
* Proxies for XML retrieval from any domain
* Utilities for XML and application development

http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/
  home page