javascript for journalists

JavaScript is a coding language used in webpages. It enables you to do things like add interactivity to a website, build applications, retrieve data from other sites and so much more.

This tutorial is used as a reference guide to a class taught at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism on coding for journalists. It is recommended that this tutorial be used as a complement to a course on JavaScript and/or coding fundamentals.

Webpages are made up of three elements:

• HTML — The structure and content of the webpage.
• CSS — The style and design of the webpage.
• JavaScript — Code that enables things like interactivity and manipulation of elements on a webpage.

All three parts of a webpage are written in a unique syntax, and are considered different languages.