Overview of JavaScript and its use in Storyline

JavaScript is a programming language that Articulate Storyline supports by allowing the execution of JavaScript triggers. This support allows you to extend the functionality of your stories with dynamic and scripted interactions.

There are many things you can do with JavaScript in Storyline, but here we will merely scrape the surface! JavaScript can be used to generate random numbers, display messages, manipulate variables within Storyline, and generate completion certificates–and these are just a few functions!

The goal here is to provide you with all you need to know to harness your inner JavaScriptor and execute JavaScript in Storyline as though you've been doing it all of your life! The examples included are all practical and will be provided alongside their practical uses.

In the previous section, we discussed the concept of variables and conditions in Storyline, and you will quickly notice within this section that JavaScript and variables...