JScript Language Tour
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Like many other programming languages, Microsoft JScript scripts or programs are written in text format. Typically, a script or program is comprised of many statements and comments. Within a statement, you can use variables, expressions, and literal data such as strings and numbers.
In This Section
- JScript Arrays
- Explains types of arrays and how to use them in JScript.
- JScript Assignments and Equality
- Explains how JScript assigns values to variables, array elements, and property elements and explains the equality syntax used by JScript.
- JScript Comments
- Illustrates how to use the proper JScript syntax to include comments in code.
- JScript Expressions
- Explains how to combine keywords, operators, variables, and literals to yield new values.
- JScript Identifiers
- Explains how to create valid names for identifiers in JScript.
- JScript Statements
- Provides an overview of the two basic units of instruction in JScript, declaration statements and executable statements.
- JScript Data Types
- Includes links to topics that explain how to use primitive data types, reference data types, and .NET Framework data types in JScript.
- JScript Variables and Constants
- Lists links to topics that explains how to declare variables and constants and how to use them to refer to objects.
- JScript Objects
- Provides a brief overview of objects and lists links that explain how to create and use objects in JScript.
- JScript Modifiers
- Explains how to use visibility modifiers, inheritance modifiers, version-safe modifiers, expando modifiers, and static modifiers.
- JScript Operators
- Lists the computational, logical, bitwise, assignment, and miscellaneous operators and provides links to information that explains how to use them efficiently.
- JScript Functions
- Describes the concept of functions and provides links to topics that explain how to use and create functions.
- Coercion in JScript
- Explains how the JScript compiler performs actions on values of different data types.
- Copying, Passing, and Comparing Data
- Explains how JScript copies, passes, and compares data when dealing with arrays, functions, objects, and so on.
- JScript Conditional Structures
- Describes how JScript normally handles program flow and provides links to information that explains how to regulate the flow of a program's execution.
- JScript Reserved Words
- Explains the concept of reserved words and lists the reserved words in JScript.
- Security Considerations for JScript
- Explains how to avoid common security problems in JScript .NET code.
Related Sections
- JScript .NET Language Reference
- Lists elements that comprise JScript Language Reference and links to topics that explain the details behind the proper use of language elements.
- .NET Framework Class Library
- Contains links to topics that explain the classes in the .NET Framework class library and explains how to use the class library documentation.
