new to javascript

ewan91 · Oct 14, 2001

hi

i'm just learning JavaScript and have a couple of questions if anyone could help

1. is there any rules as to when you should include javascript in between <HEAD></HEAD> and when in between the <BODY></BODY> tags

2.i've written an applet and when trying to get it to work the page runs but the CirApplet class cannot be found, they are both in the same file, here is the code below

<APPLET CODE="CirApplet.class" NAME=CirApplet WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=400></APPLET>

thanks

ewan

crazyboybert · Oct 15, 2001

you can put ypur javascript anywhere on the page providing you enclose your codein <script type="text/javascript"></script> tags or you can put them on an external script sheet using the src attribute of the script tag like this...

<script type="text/javascript" src="myscript.js"></script>

upto you!!

i dont much about applets but dont you need a 'codebase' attribute? sorry i cant be any more help..

tsdragon · Oct 15, 2001

It's traditional to include javascript code in the head section because that gets loaded first, so if you need to call any of your code from the body section you know it's already loaded. You HAVE to include it in the body if it needs to do something there specifically, for example if you use document.write() to create part of the html. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

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