JavaScript Basics
Link to external Javscript file
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<script src="spectra.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
</head>
Types
The built-in types are string, number, boolean, null, undefined, object.
Use typeof some_var to get the type.
The following are considered false: false, 0, "", null, undefined, NaN.
Strings
" Hello ".trim() // "Hello"
Objects
var new_object = {}; // make a new empty object
new_object.name = "Bill"; // create a property
new_object["name"] = "Bill"; // same thing
for (var key in my_object){ // iterate over an object
// do something with key
// value is my_object[key]
}