JavaScript has become one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. This book will get you acquainted with JavaScript; what it is, where it came from, and most importantly—how to code it!

It's hard to find a place where JavaScript won't run, and though the overwhelming majority of JavaScript—especially the code you'll be writing in this book—will be in web pages, JavaScript is used not only in web browsers, but also desktop apps, mobile phone apps, and now even on the server, so you definitely won't be wasting your time Getting Good with JavaScript!