Getting Started with Webscript

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• How to set up a webscript development environment - using a simple text editor and web browser is enough to get started.
• Ways to add webscript to a web page:
  • Inline scripts using <script> tags
  • External .js files linked via <script> src
  • Embedded within HTML DOM events like onclick
• Webscript syntax basics:
  • Statements separated by semicolons
  • Code grouped in functions or scripts
  • Comments with // or /* */
  • Variables declared with let/const
  • Output with document.write() or console.log()
• Running webscript:
  • Open HTML file directly in browser
  • Use live server extensions for real-time editing
  • Debug with browser developer tools
  • Configure code linter/formatter
• First webscript example:
  • Display alert popup
  • Update page title
  • Change HTML content
  • React to button click
  • Fetch and display data
• Explain concepts like logging, variables, strings, DOM selection, events, functions etc with simple examples to set up the foundation before diving deeper.

The goal of this article is to take a beginner from zero to having a working development environment setup and start writing basic webscript programs.

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