JavaScript for Business Blogs
JavaScript is a scripting language and an interesting component to the webpage programming. Due to its flexibility, JavaScript has become one of the most popular programming languages on the web. It is also easier to learn. The popularity of JavaScript became even better when AJAX was introduced to the professional programmers circle. Ajax stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It is a group of interrelated web development techniques for the creation of interactive web applications. Together with JavaScript, Ajax has brought an increase in web page interactive animation. In fact, we can use JavaScript for Business Blogs.
Primary use of JavaScript is to write functions to be included in HTML pages. Examples of JavaScript are opening or popping up of new pages, changing of images when the mouse cursor moves over them, interactive menus and many other interesting applications. For blogging, ready-made JavaScript can also be inserted into a widget or a post easily for it to function properly. This method is being used by many people to create a fun and interesting blog utilizing embedded music player, changeable mouse pointer, interactive cartoon character online and many others. You can an example at a blog by Garry Shi.
From business perpective, anything that can help drive traffic and let visitors buy more products and more frequently is definitely very welcome. Having said that, it is very important to keep in mind to use only those JavaScript that fulfill the three requirements above, increase customer, increase sales amount and increase frequency of sales. There are many interesting JavaScript applications, but not all can fulfill the three requirements. Some are just fun to look at and contribute nothing. To make it worse, some may cause confusion to your visitors. So, instead of getting interested in buying your products, the visitors got confused and clicked away and never come back.
There are many resources for free JavaScript download available. You can visit JavaScript Engines That Generate Tailor Made Code by Ed Zivkovic for a start. For JavaScript download, you can visit JavaScript Kit download page and The JavaScript Source. For JavaScript tutorial, w3schools.com has various kinds of free tutorial including JavaScript Tutorial. Personally, I also like the JavaScript tutorial at JavaScript Learning Center.
In the future I will introduce some of the useful JavaScript for use in business blogs. In the mean time, please also share JavaScript that you like.
