Simply put, programming is the process of creating a set of instructions for the computer to follow. These instructions are written in a language or languages which people can understand, and then "compiled" (literally, translated) into machine language, or interpreted by the computer from reading a script. HTML is a programming language, as are JavaScript and VBScript. The "syntax" of a programming language consists of the various language elements, conventions, and operators that are used to write the instructions. |