JavaScript Click Counter

This is a simple JavaScript project that demonstrates how to create a click counter. Every time the button is clicked, the counter value increments by 1 and updates on the screen. This project is great for beginners to understand basic DOM manipulation and event handling in JavaScript.

Project Overview

• Language: JavaScript
• HTML: Basic structure with an <h2> tag to display the counter and a button to increment it.
• JavaScript Features:
  • Initializes a counter.
  • Uses a button click event to increment and display the updated counter.

Features

• Simple button to increment the counter.
• Real-time display of counter value.
• Minimal and easy-to-follow code structure.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository or download the files to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/narnacle/javascript-counter.git

2. Open the index.html file in any web browser to see the counter in action.

Code Explanation

• HTML: Displays a counter initialized at 0, and a button that calls a JavaScript function.
• JavaScript:
  • Initializes a variable count to store the current counter value.
  • Defines incrementCounter() function, which increments count by 1 and updates the HTML display.

<h2>Counter: <span id="counter">0</span></h2>
<button onclick="incrementCounter()">Click Me!</button>
<script>
    let count = 0;
    function incrementCounter() {
        count += 1;
        document.getElementById("counter").innerText = count;
    }
</script>

Usage

• Open the index.html file in a browser.
• Click the "Click Me!" button to see the counter increment by 1 on each click.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

• Inspired by beginner JavaScript tutorials and small web projects.
• Thanks to the open-source community for resources and inspiration.