Create a Button That Responds

Ready to make your first interactive element? Imagine we’re building our dream house.

HTML is like the framework or skeleton of our house—it defines where the rooms, windows, and doors go. It structures our content—like headers, paragraphs, input fields, and buttons—and tells the browser what to display.

We need JavaScript to transform this static layout into a responsive, interactive application (to get a response when we click a button or add an input). Essentially, JavaScript turns our static page into a living, breathing tool that reacts immediately to user actions. ...