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JavaScript is a powerful, high-level, dynamic programming language that plays a major role in web development. It allows you to create interactive and dynamic user interfaces, manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM), handle events, and much more. Initially created to run solely in the browser, it has since expanded to server-side development through Node.js and other runtime environments.

JavaScript Overview

JavaScript is a versatile, high-level, interpreted programming language that is mainly known for being the scripting language of the web. It allows you to make web pages interactive, enabling client-side script to interact with the user and make dynamic pages. Originally designed to work in browsers, it's now also widely used on server-side platforms like Node.js.

Libraries and Frameworks

Numerous libraries and frameworks are available to help build complex applications, such as:

• jQuery
• React
• Angular
• Vue.js

Server-side JavaScript

With the advent of Node.js, JavaScript has become a prominent server-side language as well, allowing for the use of a single language on both the client and server sides.

Getting Started

To start using JavaScript, all you need is a web browser. Most modern web browsers come with developer tools that include a JavaScript console. You can also link an external JavaScript file in HTML using the tag.

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