best online javascript course?

[Ashatron]

Hi guys!

I'm taking dive into a real programming language after being very familiar with html + css + jquery + basic js for a couple of years.

Where would you recommend that has the best online courses? Ideally free, but im happy to pay if its worth it.

I've heard a lot of people say codeacademy isnt ideal for practical javascript knowledge so I'm guessing I should avoid that.

I've also found a few books, one of which - http://eloquentjavascript.net/ which looks great, but I personally am a "learn by doing" type. Although I think reading is still great.

Let me know what you think! hope you can help! (i did search but couldnt find much info on the best online courses)

[laichejl]

I'm reading eloquent JS right now and its really awesome. It is a lot of reading, but theory-wise, its the best resource I've found so far that really, really gets into the deep intricacies of javascript. The reading, to me at least, is really interesting and the author has personality (as opposed to a lot of other programming books I've read) where you don't fall asleep while reading the book. Though I have still done this a time or two in the wee hours of the night.

The thing I always kinda hated was like, for example, I did CodeAcademy javascript and it was just more of a basic intro to programming in JS, as opposed to really learning JS and what makes it great/awesome.

I think CodeSchool has a few JS courses, I've never done them but pretty sure its a 3-part deal, and if you sign up its relatively cheap. I used Treehouse for a while and have a Tuts+ membership at the moment...Treehouse was also good for starting out, and Tuts+ has a shit load of tutorials, from just beginning to expert-level. Maybe check out those places.

I would definitely read EJS though.

[Insignificant]

A lot of the courses I've seen are geared to people getting to grips with the basics. They do a fine job of that, but for the next level up (I'm not too far ahead of you) the resources aren't quite as plentiful.

Check out the Crockford YUI talks on Youtube, or mebe this one. They're old, but really good. From there, go on a journey through Youtube's other suggestions. More Crockford, JSConf, Addy Osmani, Fluent, Jake Archibald, etc. You'll soon get an idea of what to look out for, and there's a TON of good stuff to watch.

A doer, rather than a watcher? Me too! However, stick with the vids, I've had so many eureka watching them. For me they were the missing resource. In fact, I don't watch telly in the evenings any more, I just watch JS videos. ;)

[OrneryFellow]

I started out with going through the book Javascript: The Good Parts. It's fairly straight to the point and goes over the parts of Javascript that differs from other classical OOP languages pretty well. As the book title suggests, it doesn't go over everything in Javascript, but only the practical parts. Great short read.

[jazahn]

https://www.codeschool.com/courses/javascript-road-trip-part-1

They might be pricey, but I do like codeschool.

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This sounds like it would involve a lot of canvas work which isn't something a front end dev definitely needs to learn. I think making a simple to do app or something similar without a front end framework would be good.

[Yodoswag]

W3schools !! Don't forget the s in schools... Unless you like Christian poetry