Example of jQuery Animated Banner

Click Here to Toggle the jQuery DOM Element On and Off.

JavaScript is probably one of the most important languages because it is the what drives the user to interact with the web browser in most cases. Its association with the browser makes it one of the most popular programming languages in the world. At the same time it does have some drawbacks and limitations as any language which can make it difficult for one to develop in our utopian world (really?). Let's face it, the API of the browser, the Document Object Model (DOM) really makes it painful in any language to manipulate in any language. I think JavaScript gets a lot of grief, because of this.

I love the way JavaScript includes functions, loose typing, dynamic objects and expressive object literal notation. On the other hand, I can't tell you the grief I get from loose typing, dynamic objects, literal notation, and a model with is based on global variables. I guess it is the bad news good news scenario.