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JavaScript is the language of the browser. It is an object-oriented programming language. Although JavaScript looks much like Java (because both were based on C and C++), it is not at all related. JavaScript is often used to programmatically interact with an HTML page. It does this by interacting with the DOM (document object model. JavaScript is supported by all major browsers.
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Wolf, D., Henley, A.J. (2017). Make Web Pages Do Something Using JavaScript. In: Java EE Web Application Primer. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3195-1_16
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