Failed JavaScript (Quiz 1

What is Microsoft FrontPage?

A popular HTML editor that provides web developers with a number of JavaScript tools.

What does JS offer instead of a single entry point?

A series of functions that are each coded to respond to an event generated within the HTML code processed by the web browser.

What is Macromedia Dreamweaver MX?

A very popular HTML and JavaScript editor in the professional web development crowd.

Why did Netscape change the name of LiveScript to JavaScript?

Because of the excitement being generated by Java.

How does using JavaScript provide immediate feedback to visitors?

By validating user input before sending the page off to the server.

What is the most common form of JavaScript?

Client-side JavaScript

What is JavaScript designed for?

Creating network-centric applications.

When did JavaScript make its first appearance?

In Netscape 2.0 in 1995.

What is the primary difference between JavaScript and HTML/CSS?

JavaScript focuses on exchanging information with the web page while HTML/CSS focus on presenting information to the end user.

Can client-side JavaScript be used to read or write files?

No, it cannot read or write files for security reasons.

Does JavaScript have multi-threading or multiprocessor capabilities?

No, it does not have multi-threading or multiprocessor capabilities.

Is JS intended to provide a single entry point like the main function of the Java programming language?

No, it is not intended to provide a single entry point like the main function of the Java programming language.

Does JavaScript tolerate imprecision?

No, it needs rigor in its specification and cannot tolerate imprecision.

What specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript language?

The ECMA-262 Specification.

What do web developers use HTML and CSS for?

To provide markup annotation that defines how a hypertext will be displayed by a web browser.

What was JavaScript originally created for?

To provide processing power to hypertext.

Can JavaScript be used for networking applications?

no