What counts as an event in JavaScript?

Almost any user action: clicking, hovering, typing, submitting a form, scrolling, resizing the window. JavaScript can listen for any of these and respond with custom behavior.

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JavaScript Terms That Make Sense to Real People

JavaScript is the language that makes websites actually do things. If you have ever clicked a button and something happened on the page without it reloading — that was probably JavaScript. Here is what you need to know, in plain language.

JavaScript

The coding language that makes websites interactive.

DOM (Document Object Model)

The live structure of a web page that JavaScript can change.

Framework (JavaScript)

A structured toolkit that makes building web apps faster and easier.

Event Listener

Code that waits for something to happen and then responds.

Function (JavaScript)

A reusable block of code that does something specific.

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