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Learn what you can do with JavaScript

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Learn what you can do with JavaScript

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- Now, the first thing that you might be wondering with JavaScript is, well, what can I do with it? And the good news here is that with a few exceptions, JavaScript can be used for pretty much anything. And really, it can be used for just a really wide range of applications, whether that's front end, backend, mobile, desktop, or really whatever else you need. And this is one of the main reasons why JavaScript is so popular these days because its versatility means that developers can write an entire multi-platform application using a single programming language. And what I'd like to do is kind of elaborate on this a little bit and just take a look at some of the most popular use cases for JavaScript. Now, one of the most popular uses of JavaScript, as you may know, is to create frontend applications that run in a web browser. And this is sort of where it all started for JavaScript. It was originally created as a scripting language that would allow web developers to execute client side…

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