JavaScript FAQ

About this FAQ

Question: Why this FAQ?

Answer: The goal of this FAQ is to help you develop robust client-side scripts that can run in Netscape Navigator as well as Microsoft Internet Explorer, under various operating systems. This FAQ collection is different from others in the following:

Here the answers are focused on platform-independent coding, rather than on one particular browser or platform.
Here most answers contain interactive code examples which you can run without leaving the Web page you are reading.
Here you get the solution, not just a confirmation that the problem exists. For example, other sources would just say: Sorry, JavaScript cannot read files from the server. This FAQ gives you the solution: Here's a Java applet that helps JavaScript read files from the server.