JavaScript

[ Go to Tom's JavaScript Machine ]

JavaScript is a programming language that is understood by (most) web browsers. It is used on many web pages to provide (interactive) functionality, so that web pages can do more than just show some static text and pictures.

With Tom's JavaScript Machine you can learn some programming in JavaScript, without the need for installing special tools and learning how to use them.

Tom's JavaScript Machine is accompanied by

• operating instructions,
• examples,
• a summary of JavaScript basics,
• an instructive challenge with extensive hints, and
• some background information.

There is an experimental version with pseudo-3D Turtle Graphics.

In case you want to play with it locally, you can download a zip archive with all files (GPL license to be added later).

An article about Tom's JavaScript Machine:

"An Enticing Environment for Programming"
Tom Verhoeff
Olympiads in Informatics 4:134-141 (2010).
[Slides of the accompanying presentation]