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This is what I see when I right-click in a web page and choose "Inspect Element".
I need to learn how to READ this stuff at the high-level.
I do not need to write it.

I want to learn enough of JavaScript (if that is what this is) to be able to trace with my fingers through a web page until I can pounce on a particular element.
I gather that <something> and </something> are delimiters for a nested structure, so i have a programmer's understanding of the stuff at that level, but I do not really understand some of the more common keywords such as "div", "button", "span", "css" and the like.

There are other specialized forums that can provide advice for me, but I feel I do not yet know enough about what goes on under-the-hood to pose a question.

Thanks for any links to web or pdf pages that might improve my knowledge.
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What you see is HTML the language of the web. See HTML for Beginners and HTML Tutorial.

Within the HTML for a web page there may be (and today most likely is) Javascript. See Javascript fundamentals and Javascript Tutorial.
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JoeP wrote:
30 Nov 2021, 16:06
What you see is HTML the language of the web....
Joe, thank you for these four links. I took a quick glance - they all look palatable - and have bookmarked them.
I shall attack on two fronts:-
(1) Top-down, learning the theory as I go and
(2) Bottom-up, using a specific web page as a tuorial example and breaking it into its component parts.

I especially like the high-level view:-
JavaScript is one of the 3 languages all web developers must learn:
1. HTML to define the content of web pages
2. CSS to specify the layout of web pages
3. JavaScript to program the behavior of web pages


Again, Thank You!
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
30 Nov 2021, 22:16
...one of the 3 languages all web developers must learn...
From what I know from working with our IT developers at work, there are two other essential components to many modern websites. One is a back end SQL based database and PHP to render webpages as a front end to the db.

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stuck wrote:
01 Dec 2021, 08:02
... One is a back end SQL based database and PHP to render webpages as a front end to the db.
Thank you Ken. I "did" a web-based SQL twenty years ago, so even if I had remembered that, it would, for sure, be out of date now. The "PHP" rings a bell (grin).

I have noted your text.
I am trying to learn enough to read a web page (from a specific client), so I am driven by a need-to-know pressure. The SQL&PHP aspects will be needed (by me) as soon as I recognize them in any web page from the client.

I must repeat that the now-obvious breakdown into "content", "format" and "function" was a huge help. I have known that for years, teaching Business English and Word Processing, but my tired brain had not thought that it might apply, too, to web pages!

Thanks
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
29 Nov 2021, 19:42
I want to learn enough of JavaScript .....

Looks like you were about where I am now, a year ago Chris.

I have been playing with HTML and CSS but I've reached the stage of needing to use some Java Scripts to complete some tasks. Specifically, initially, to generate a random "image of the day".


JoeP wrote:
30 Nov 2021, 16:06
Within the HTML for a web page there may be (and today most likely is) Javascript. See Javascript fundamentals and Javascript Tutorial.

Brilliant! Cheers Joe.

Regards

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