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Why Learn JavaScript?

JavaScript has become one of the most popular progamming languages. It allows you to build interactive websites.

JavaScript hasbecome an essential web technology along with HTML and CSS, as most browsers implement JavaScript.

Thus, You must learn JavaScript if you want to get into web development, and you must learn it well if you're planning on

being a front-end developer or on using JavaScript for backend development. Here is some helpful information about JS:

Functions

                
                    function fullName (firstName, lastName) {
                        return firstName + lastName;
                    }
                    console.log(fullName("John", " Doe"));
                
            

A JavaScript function is a block of code designed to perform a task. These are pieces of data that we declare to use later.

functions are executed when they are called. This is known as invoking a function. Functions always return a value.

in JavaScript, if no return value is specified, the function will return undefined. functions are Objects.

Here is an informational video about Functions

Objects

                
                    let garden = {
                        vegetable: 'zucchini',
                        sun: true,
                        size: 10
                        };
                        console .log(garden.vegetable)
                
            

A JavaScript object literal is a comma-separated list of name-value pairs wrapped in curly braces. Object literals encapsulate

data, enclosing it in a tidy package. This minimizes the use of global variables which can cause problems when combining.

code. Object literal property values can be of any data type, including array literals, functions, and nested object literals.

Here is a video with more information about Objects

Conditionals

                  
                    let isOn = true;
                    
                    if (isOn == true) {
                        console .log('The Light is On!')
                    };
                
            

Using a conditional, like an if statement, allows us to specify that a certain block of code should be executed if a certain

condition is met. In this example we have a variable called "isOn". If this variable equals to true, the system should output

"The Light is On!'.

Watch the following video for more information about Conditionals