Monday, February 22, 2010

JavaScript constructed

The basic part of a script is a variable, literal or object. A variable is a word that represents a piece of text, a number, a boolean true or false value or an object. A literal is the actual number or piece of text or boolean value that the variable represents.An object is a collection of variables held together by a parent variable, or a document component.

The next most important part of a script is an operator. Operators assign literal values to variables or say what type of tests to perform.

The next most important part of a script is a control structure. Control structures say what scripts should be run if a test is satisfied.

Functions collect control structures, actions and assignments together and can be told to run those pieces of script as and when necessary.

The most obvious parts of a script are the actions it performs. Some of these are done with operators but most are done using methods. Methods are a special kind of function and may do things like submitting forms, writing pages or displaying messages.

Events can be used to detect actions, usually created by the user, such as moving or clicking the mouse, pressing a key or resetting a form. When triggered, events can be used to run functions.

Lastly and not quite so obvious is referencing. This is about working out what to write to access the contents of objects or even the objects themselves.

As an example, think of the following situation. A person clicks a submit button on a form. When they click the button, we want to check if they have filled out their name in a text box and if they have, we want to submit the form. So, we tell the form to detect the submit event. When the event is triggered, we tell it to run the function that holds together the tests and actions. The function contains a control structure that uses a comparison operator to test the text box to see that it is not empty. Of course we have to work out how to reference the text box first. The text box is an object. One of the variables it holds is the text that is written in the text box. The text written in it is a literal. If the text box is not empty, a method is used that submits the form.

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