--- title: 15 amazing things you can do with simple JavaScript 馃く description: Discover the versatile and surprising capabilities of vanilla JavaScript through practical examples. Learn how to find operating system details, prevent page... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qlbvxcren twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 15 amazing things you can do with simple JavaScript 馃く | daily.dev og:description: Discover the versatile and surprising capabilities of vanilla JavaScript through practical examples. Learn how to find operating system details, prevent page... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qlbvxcren og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QLbVXcren.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 15 amazing things you can do with simple JavaScript 馃く **[Dev Squad](https://daily.dev/sources/devsquad)** 路 [@jobayerhossen](https://daily.dev/jobayerhossen) 路 241 upvotes 路 8 comments ## Summary Discover the versatile and surprising capabilities of vanilla JavaScript through practical examples. Learn how to find operating system details, prevent page refreshing, redirect users to new pages, validate emails, get the current URL, and detect mobile browsers. Additional features include handling disabled JavaScript, accessing module metadata, getting timezone offsets, setting the cursor to wait, and manipulating console messages with CSS. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mihaituhari** 路 4 upvotes > This is basic JS code. They are not tricks and not amazing. **@kelvin\_407** 路 1 upvotes > Amazing tips! **@sambuxc** 路 1 upvotes > Sweet vanilla icecream, I love javascript 馃榿 the only one i hadn't ever done is adding css into console statements ! **@gh6s7** 路 0 upvotes > amazing...stuff im just seeing for the first time馃槄 --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/qlbvxcren) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/qlbvxcren","headline":"15 amazing things you can do with simple JavaScript 馃く","text":"Shared: 15 amazing things you can do with simple JavaScript 馃く","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qlbvxcren","datePublished":"2024-07-07T17:30:11.452Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T12:19:09.488Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jobayer Hossen","url":"https://daily.dev/jobayerhossen","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--inM6udaE--/f_auto/v1789748496/avatars/avatar_exB7vJ6wP2CRMHwGXosaw?_a=BAMAMicg0","description":"Front-end Developer","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":7080}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":241},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/JOzliC1er"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is basic JS code. 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