You can run JavaScript code in any browser like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. or you can install Node JS locally and run your JavaScript code. You can use VS Code editor to write JavaScript code and save the code in a file with a .js extension.
In VS Code editor you can install the Live Server extension to run the JavaScript code in the browser.
Career Opportunities in JavaScript
If you are good at JavaScript there are many career opportunities that you can explore:
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Web Developer - Create dynamic websites using JavaScript
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Frontend Developer - Focus on fronted development by becoming a Front-end developer after learning JavaScript
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Fullstack Developer - You can learn JavaScript frameworks like NodeJS, ExpressJS, React JS, etc., and become a Fullstack developer.
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Game Developer - JavaScript is also used in game development.
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Mobile App Developer
Future of JavaScript
In the recent StackOverflow Developer Survey in 2023, 65.82% of professional developers declared that they use JavaScript at work. Which is a huge number. So you can understand the popularity of JavaScript. If you want to become a Web developer or Fullstack developer, or if you want to get into anything related to website development then you must know JavaScript.
Basic Hello World Program
JavaScript is used in both frontend and backend development. So the Hello World program in JavaScript can be written for both frontend and the backend.
Hello World - Frontend
When we use JavaScript for the frontend, we see the result in the browser window.
alert("Hello World!");
Hello World - Backend
When we use JavaScript for the backend, we see the result in the browser console or the VS code terminal.
console.log("Hello World!");
