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diff --git a/javascript.html.markdown b/javascript.html.markdown index 5bac3aa7..3f9eb641 100644 --- a/javascript.html.markdown +++ b/javascript.html.markdown @@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ JavaScript isn't just limited to web browsers, though: Node.js, a project that provides a standalone runtime for Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, is becoming more and more popular. +JavaScript has a C-like syntax, so if you've used languages like C or Java, +a lot of the basic syntax will already be familiar. Despite this, and despite +the similarity in name, JavaScript's object model is significantly different to +Java's. + ```js -// Comments are like C's. Single-line comments start with two slashes, -/* and multiline comments start with slash-star +// Single-line comments start with two slashes. +/* Multiline comments start with slash-star, and end with star-slash */ // Statements can be terminated by ; @@ -145,7 +150,7 @@ someOtherVar = 10; // Variables declared without being assigned to are set to undefined. var someThirdVar; // = undefined -// If you want to declare a couple of variables, then you could use a comma +// If you want to declare a couple of variables, then you could use a comma // separator var someFourthVar = 2, someFifthVar = 4; @@ -194,8 +199,6 @@ myObj.myFourthKey; // = undefined /////////////////////////////////// // 3. Logic and Control Structures -// The syntax for this section is almost identical to Java's. - // The `if` structure works as you'd expect. var count = 1; if (count == 3){ |