To begin learning JavaScript, you will need to have a few things. Here they are:

1. You should know how to use HTML and be able to edit your HTML documents.

    

2. You will need to have a web browser that supports JavaScript. You should use Netscape version 3 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer  version 3.02 or later. If you use IE, I recommend IE4 because IE3.x is not compatible with all of the scripts.

    

3. You do not need to know how to do programming....I'll show you what you need to know for these basic scripts. If you want to try creating your own scripts, programming knowledege is helpful.