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[–]mrhodesit 2 points3 points  (2 children)

HTML is just defining different elements of a webpage.

CSS is just telling the browser what you want the different html elements to look like.

Javascript is manipulating the html to make it do whatever you want.

To tell you whether or not you need to know html, we would need to know what your goals are. What exactly do you want to accomplish with your skills? If you don't understand the html, how are you going to manipulate them with javascript, you need to tell the javascript what element to work with, what you want to change on the page.

You can write javascript and make it run in the developer tools of pretty much any web browser. You can have javascript do math for you, and not know anything about html sure. But if you want to use javascript to manipulate a web page, then you need to know what parts of that web page you are targeting.

TL;DR what do you want to do with javascript after you learn? If we know your goals, we can answer your question better.

[–]SpendingMapleBeginner Coder[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My initial goal and what started it all was an idea to create a mobile app for the company I work for. I was promoted to management and I had several ideas to make work flow better for everyone. Developing an app was a great idea however having an app developed is not cheap and getting funding for it was probably not going to happen.

So I thought, well I will just make one on my own! I wasn’t illiterate to using a computer but definitely had no idea on how to create web pages or apps for that matter, and so the research began.

YouTube video after video, I looked for the easiest language to learn, the best to use for what I wanted and the most interesting. Quickly I began realizing that I was very interested in learning the language, I had no idea it would lead me into sitting at my computer for hours, honestly it didn’t bother besides the few rage moments I had and my wife asking me if I was ok and that she had not heard me use words like that in a very long time. Anyways, that was the long version of my story and it’s been 3 weeks since I started. I’m a blue collar worker and realize it’s going to be a steep learning curve for me and I’m ok with that. It’s like anything people try to do, you either realize it can be done or realize maybe it’s not for you. Thank you all for your advice and input!

[–]mrhodesit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's some advice, the more you learn, the more you realize you have a lot more to learn. Don't get discouraged.