Including JavaScript in HTML page.
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JavaScript.
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HTML.
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``<noscript>`` tag used to render HTML if JavaScript disabled in browser.
Including JavaScript in HTML page.
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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** ``type="text/javascript"`` no longer necessary.
Inlining JavaScript in HTML code.
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::
<html>
<h1>Hello!<h1/>
<script language="javascript">
<!--
alert("Hello!")
document.write("sin(10) = " + Math.sin(10))
//-->
</script>
</html>
Reduce js code size.
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http://crockford.com/javascript/jsmin
The JavaScript Minifier
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/
YUI Compressor
JavaScript standards.
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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.
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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.com/es5-compat-table/
ECMAScript 5 compatibility table.
http://caniuse.com/use-strict
Can I use ECMAScript 5 Strict Mode?
Pretty print from JavaScript.
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To Web Developer console (Firefox/Chrome)::
console.debug ("%o", obj);
XML from JavaScript.
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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/
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