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JavaScript Treehouse Club: JavaScript Car Sounds HTML Comments and JavaScript

Waqas Khan
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Waqas Khan
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Why are we using JavaScript in HTML?

why do we need a JavaScript in HTML, and what is the purpose of JavaScript?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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HTML provides the content of the page, and JavaScript provides the interactive functionality. Most pages will also have a third component called CSS which provides the visual styling for the page.

These three technologies working together are the basis for most front-end development.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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"Interactive functionality" is responding to what the user does, causing the page to do something beyond just having it show something. In the case of the code in the video, it involves reacting to mouse clicks and making sounds.

Waqas Khan
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Waqas Khan
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Waqas Khan
Waqas Khan
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can you please explain me " interactive functionality" in javascript