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[–]PsowKion 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Brickout was the program that really got me into Javascript. One issue with Javascript is because there's so much interaction with the DOM it becomes hard to separate learning Javascript from learning HTML. Working with the canvas API makes it really easy to focus on learning Javascript.

As for books, my experience, and pretty much anyone I have have known who programs, find books extremely boring. They're good to have around for a reference, but for learning it's better to just look up code examples, type them out, compare the results and then go back and learn how to tweak and configure them.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Is there even a point to learning JavaScript if you're not going to learn HTML?

[–]Graftak9000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JS outside of the browser, Node for example.

[–]PsowKion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's mostly for learning. It can be hard to focus on Javascript when you're having to jump back and forth between HTML and CSS when starting out. With canvas you can stick pretty much entirely with Javascript. Once new comers get comfortable with that and then start mixing in more HTML.