The HTML <script> tag is used to insert a JavaScript into an HTML page.

Examples

Write text with Javascript - http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_text
The example demonstrates how to use JavaScript to write text on a web page.

Write HTML with Javascript - http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?file...ryjs_formattext
The example demonstrates how to use JavaScript to write HTML tags on a web page.

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How to Put a JavaScript Into an HTML Page


The code above will produce this output on an HTML page:


Example Explained

To insert a JavaScript into an HTML page, we use the <script> tag. Inside the <script> tag we use the "type=" attribute to define the scripting language.

So, the <script type="text/javascript"> and </script> tells where the JavaScript starts and ends:


The part document.write is a standard JavaScript command for writing output to a page.

By entering the document.write command between the <script> and </script> tags, the browser will recognize it as a JavaScript command and execute the code line. In this case the browser will write Hello World! to the page:


Note: If we had not entered the <script> tag, the browser would have treated the document.write("Hello World!") command as pure text, and just write the entire line on the page.

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HTML Comments to Handle Simple Browsers

Browsers that do not support JavaScript will display JavaScript as page content.

To prevent them from doing this, and as a part of the JavaScript standard, the HTML comment tag can be used to "hide" the JavaScript. Just add an HTML comment tag <!-- before the first JavaScript statement, and a --> (end of comment) after the last JavaScript statement.



The two forward slashes at the end of comment line (//) is the JavaScript comment symbol. This prevents JavaScript from executing the --> tag.

 

 

 

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title needs to be changed to 'javascript' I thought I was going to be reading a java tutorial.

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I thought this was a java tutorial too! Remember, Javascript and Java are nothing alike, it is like comparing caught and court!

But anyway, you should remove the bb-code tags. Also you should put in a 'Doctype' but since there isn't a 'script language' tag, I am automatically assuming that this is XHTML 1.0 Strict. I can't find any other mistake other than the bb-code tags (not really a problem though)

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