The type attribute, whose value is "text," tells browsers to create a text box instead of another type of control such as a button.

As with almost every programming language, JavaScript treats various types of values differently. A string like “Hello world” is very different from a number like 42. But what types are ...

JavaScript variables hold a wide variety of information and can be used with virtually any data type. Here's how to use variables to store numbers, text strings, objects, and more.

Standards proposal would allow annotations to be checked by external type checkers like TypeScript but treated as comments by the JavaScript engine.