From e9595b8c999be60e79f143962feac9cc8bbeac1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurczok Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 11:00:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update article.md --- 1-js/02-first-steps/01-hello-world/article.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/1-js/02-first-steps/01-hello-world/article.md b/1-js/02-first-steps/01-hello-world/article.md index 9d12ae1a..1d12527f 100644 --- a/1-js/02-first-steps/01-hello-world/article.md +++ b/1-js/02-first-steps/01-hello-world/article.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The tutorial that you're reading is about core JavaScript, which is platform-ind But, we need a working environment to run our scripts, and, just because this book is online, the browser is a good choice. We'll keep the amount of browser-specific commands (like `alert`) to a minimum, so that you don't spend time on them if you plan to concentrate on another environment like Node.JS. On the other hand, browser details are explained in detail in the [next part](/ui) of the tutorial. -So first, let's see how to attach a script to the webpage. For server-side environments, you can just execute it with a command like `"node my.js"` for Node.JS. +So first, let's see how to attach a script to a webpage. For server-side environments, you can just execute it with a command like `"node my.js"` for Node.JS. [cut] @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The ` @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The script file is attached to HTML with `src` attribute: Here `/path/to/script.js` is an absolute path to the file with the script (from the site root). -It is also possible to provide a path relative to the current page. For instance, `src="script.js"` would mean a file `"script.js"` from the current folder. +It is also possible to provide a path relative to the current page. For instance, `src="script.js"` would mean a file `"script.js"` in the current folder. We can give a full URL as well, for instance: @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ As a rule, only the simplest scripts are put into HTML. More complex ones reside The benefit of a separate file is that the browser will download it and then store in its [cache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_cache). -After this, other pages which want the same script will take it from the cache instead of downloading it. So the file is actually downloaded only once. +After this, other pages that want the same script will take it from the cache instead of downloading it. So the file is actually downloaded only once. That saves traffic and makes pages faster. ``` @@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ The example above can be split into two scripts to work: - A script in an external file can be inserted with ``. -There is much more about browser scripts and their interaction with the web-page. But let's keep in mind that this part of the tutorial is devoted to JavaScript language, so we shouldn't distract ourselves from it. We'll be using a browser as a way to run JavaScript, which is very convenient for online reading, but yet one of many. +There is much more to learn about browser scripts and their interaction with the web-page. But let's keep in mind that this part of the tutorial is devoted to the JavaScript language, so we shouldn't distract ourselves from it. We'll be using a browser as a way to run JavaScript, which is very convenient for online reading, but yet one of many.