AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Introduction-JavaScript

The video tutorial introduces JavaScript as a client-side programming language that enhances web page interactivity. It contrasts JavaScript with server-side languages like PHP and highlights its limitations, such as lack of server communication and dependency on browser support. The tutorial provides examples of JavaScript functions, including character counting, form validation, and a tic-tac-toe game. It also clarifies the difference between JavaScript and Java, emphasizing JavaScript's object-oriented nature and the use of variables to define object attributes.

Explain how JavaScript can be used to enhance user interactivity on a web page.

What are the main differences between client-side and server-side programming languages?

What is the significance of the 'Calculate characters' button in the JavaScript example?

Describe a JavaScript function that validates form input. What does it check for?

What limitations does JavaScript have as a client-side language?

In what ways can JavaScript be confused with Java, and what are the key distinctions?

How does JavaScript handle variables and attributes in an object-oriented context?