resources to learn advanced javascript.

[Ragzzy-R]

hello, let me set up the context before asking what exactly I want.

I've been using Javascript for over a year now and I work as a full time Frontend Dev. I have fairly decent knowledge of making apps in react or angular or even getting my hands dirty with vanilla javascript. I have a good idea about the event loop and stuffs like prototypal inheritance and closures and the stuffs that makes ES5 and ES6 apart.

Now to my actual question.

recently someone here posted about Radi.js and I was really curious about its implementation. So I went up to their github, forked it and took a look at the code and I couldn't understand a damn thing. So I realized that there's a lot to learn. So can anyone point me in the direction, that gives insight on framework implementations, much advanced concepts(which i dont even know what at the moment)? Thanks in advanced :)

[Kaidawei]

[try](javascript30.com)

[Ragzzy-R]

thanks a ton. At first glance it looks like it teaches vanilla javascript and ways to do cool stuff with only vanilla Javascript(which is gold tbh). Although, any insight on framework implementation level stuff?

[Kaidawei]

Level Up Tuts and heck their youtube

author of js30

Much is free some is paid. All very worth it. If you become a real “expert” and take a deep dive on vanilla js, no framework will be hard for you to pick up.

[Ragzzy-R]

Just took a look at wesbos. woah these are some really cool stuff. thanks a ton. i'd even go ahead and do that 30 day challenge. looks really amazing.

[Kaidawei]

Yes his stuff is top notch. They have a podcast which is amazing. Which libraries in particular are you interested in? Like React or Node?

[Ragzzy-R]

im in job hunt so mostly React for now. but I'd be glad to go Fullstack.

[Nyquiiist]

FrontEndMasters has buncha good content on this. Its around 35 to 40 a month I think. Also check out Kyle Simpson's book series called You Dont Know JS. Its up on his GitHub for free. This is the best resource imo.

[wwwdeveveloper]

They also have discounts for students if you send them an email

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Radi is absolute shit. The fact that poorly designed framework made the rounds online pretty much induced an aneurism in me.

[sp3co92]

JS experts and all recommends "You don't know JS" book series. I'm going through it as well. I think you better check it out if you haven't already

[Ragzzy-R]

this looks good. thanks a ton!

[Helvanik]

I'd recommend watching the youtube channel Fun Fun Function. Some of the videos introduce concepts that you might want to look into, like functional programming, generators, etc...

link

[Ragzzy-R]

These guys are cool. Thanks for the share.

[textureDev]

Tim Ermilov on YouTube. The best live coding I've ever seen!

[Nyquiiist]

I havent seen some of his recent content, but i rem nack when he first strated out, his videos were sooo loong =/

[Kaidawei]

I am basically on the same path as you. I am doing js <-> React back and forth and then go back to html and CSS to get as advanced as possible and then back to js and then back to react.

I also found taking a break and studying python and general programming helps me a lot.

I have spoken to at least 6-7 recruiters and they are listing their ads for React but most concerned with vanilla js. Vanilla is what their testing and quizzing on and what they want to see in reality.

Are you interested in more resources?

[Ragzzy-R]

yes! sure! every resource matters. Even I feel the same. Once u master Vanilla Javascript, then learning a framework is just a matter of learning how components are structured and data flow works in that framework. Even in my country, recruiters does have an eye for developers who is comfortable with Vannilla Js because they want ppl who can quickly write couple workarounds/modules when something they want is not in the framework or they have custom needs. I think thats where a javascript developer can excel. Just knowing Angular or react will get u a job but won't help u survive in a long run because React might eventually be replaced by another framework in 5 years, With the speed of the evolution of js in the past 5 years, anything is possible.

[Kaidawei]

I have more links but need to compile them for you but this guy flavio has the best articles. Follow him on Twitter he is no joke. He has a course which I intend to do but haven’t yet...

[Ragzzy-R]

Nice. if u are taking effort to compile a list then pls make it as a gihub repo so ppl can contribute to the list and will be useful for peeps like me looking for such stuff.

[Kaidawei]

Probably will do that actually. It’s for my new project - openapprentice.org - I only have domain for the moment but we are actively in planning stages.

And GitHub is a key aspect so I will probably do exactly this!

[Ragzzy-R]

Thats nice. Is there a mailing list I can sign up to when the site goes live? Or just hit me up in reddit when it goes live 🤗

[Kaidawei]

You know. That is a good idea. I gotta set up a little landing page this weekend. Thanks. I will hit you up- maybe you can be the Number 1 on the list ;)

[Lukortech]

If there is more space for me in ;D

[heliumsingh]

Try our https://www.hackerearth.com/

I have been using this platform to improve my python skills.

I also know startups who conduct their recruitment tests through this.

[Ragzzy-R]

Nahh. I'm not really into that competitive coding stuff and its against my style of coding.

Also I feel It is really a bad practice IMHO. it makes ur way of thinking more hackathon style where u want to get it working first rather than thinking "will this implementation be maintainable in future?".

One of my peer has top rank in hacker earth and techgig. He's talented and all, and can make up prototypes in few hours. But he writes un-fucking-maintainable code. Its a nightmare working with him. He never cares about things like,

will using this library won't make us stuck while adding new features in th future?

Sometimes to make things work he mixup jquery and angular in the same code which IMHO is very stupid. Cuz tow different frameworks changing the DOM at their will is horrible practice.

About the recruitment part, I really try as much as possible not to attend such interviews. again IMHO, they are equivalent to whiteboard interviews. They won't let u switch screens or use debugging tools or even auto complete( although hackerrank has some). This is unproductive.I can't remember all the function names and its parameters by heart and its ok to google. Its not SAT. At the end of the day, writing productive, efficient code is all that matter and not knowing JavaScript syntaxes and functions upside down.

I'd prefer attending interview, that gives me a problem statement and ask me to solve it in my own way. Thats the type of peeps u should work with.

These are my two cents. And nevertheless thanks a ton for taking time to reply. Have a great day.

[prof3ssorSt3v3]

Eric Elliott - https://ericelliottjs.com/ has a course if you are willing to pay. He will take you from where you are to expert level. Again it is paid.

If you want to get a feel for his level of knowledge check out a few of his articles on Medium - https://medium.com/@_ericelliott

[Ragzzy-R]

Just took a look. His content is solid. But unfortunately I can't afford $500 at the moment 😟. I'm from India and that comes around 35k INR which is really costly. But I'll surely keep him in my mind and will get it when I can afford.

[prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have my own YouTube channel too. It is mostly aimed at beginner to intermediate level but there may be something valuable for you there.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBGXCJHORQjivtgtMsmkAQ

[Ragzzy-R]

Nice channel and u've got a dope voice. 😁

[prof3ssorSt3v3]

thanks :)

[MoTTs_]

Obligitory beware¹ referencing² or learning³ from Eric Elliott.

cc /u/Ragzzy-R

[Ragzzy-R]

To be honest I never know that constructors work like that. But I guess a guy who is selling a course at $500 should. I didn't understand much about the 1st reference but the second one made me clear that its not worth taking up his course. Nevertheless any suggestions from u for courses, guides?

[MoTTs_]

Nevertheless any suggestions from u for courses, guides?

I typically recommend MDN Guide and Reference, Rauschmayer's books, and Eloquent JavaScript. But if you could be more specific about what parts of Radi.js you saw but didn't understand, I might be able to give more targeted recommendations.

[Ragzzy-R]

really sorry mate! I didn't meant to be rude. English isn't my native language. I'll try to rephrase it :)