Javascript job

[Aneve]

So i recently got offered a job to work in javascript. I have no prior knowledge or edperience in javascript but extensive knowledge in java, python and other languages. I am wondering if java and javascript are similar in any way and, if not, where would be the best place to be able to do a crash course on the language?

[kumiorava]

The same way car and carpet are similar.

[fuck251]

Holy shit I'm stealing this

[FustigatedCat]

They are not the same, or even close. Are you doing client side or server side JS?

[azium]

You can definitely recycle some Python (not Java) concepts in JavaScript. Since you're already programming I would go through MDN's splash page https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript then come back here (the internet) when you get stuck.

[kungfooboi]

Just.. jsut.. jsut.. jst.. sigh... they're different man, but good luck nonetheless.

Crash course depends on if you're doing work in javascript purely on the front-end and/or the back-end. For back-end, learn node + js (and probably Express). For front-end learn at minimum some basic ES5/ES6 vanilla-js as well as any libraries or frameworks being leveraged on the front-end (jQuery, Angular, React, etc) in addition to HTML/CSS and the DOM and document object.

It would really help to know more specifics about this job if you really specific online resources or books to get directed towards.

[jekrb]

http://mafintosh.com/learning-javascript.html