Using JavaScript with XHTML Martin Holmes DHSI 2011, University of Victoria Women Writers Project (via website)
url:mailto:wwp@northeastern.edu

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Using JavaScript with XHTML You know how to write XSLT stylesheets to transform XML into XHTML. You know how to style XHTML using CSS. But how do you make it DO STUFF? JavaScript (or ECMAScript) is the answer.
What is JavaScript? Simple scripting language that looks a bit like C++ or Java. But it's not Java! Geeks will sneer and spit at you if you confuse the two languages. Ubiquitous, and supported well by all desktop browsers. Standardized by the ECMA (ECMA-262, 5th edition 2009).
Getting started: how to link your XHTML file to a JS file
The script element

Note: You cannot use a self-closing script tag; some browsers will choke on it.
An example: adding some JavaScript interactivity Open Places XML (places.xml) Open XSLT (mdh_places_javascript.xsl) Open JavaScript to see what it looks like (places.js) Set up a transformation scenario which outputs HTML into the same folder, and view the result in your browser.
JavaScript functions
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JavaScript Functions (7): Summary
Where to go for more information http://www.w3schools.com/js/ http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQaAGmHNn9s (Search YouTube for thenewboston.com javascript.)