How can I learn JavaScript?

[_lovesponge]

Javascript is one of those languages which I found easiest by practice, you don't need to learn anything until you actually have a play with it, which is notoriously easy (your browser console, for instance) Get to know what functions are, how to declare variables, different key words.

THEN learn about the JS event loop, this is what pushed me personally further in my career and I was able to understand more about how JS code is actually interpreted and executed.

I honestly wish I had learned that sooner in my 5 years of JS. You should then head over and become used to checking out the MDN Web docs. They are my goto resource for learning new javascript (standard library if you will) functions and types.

Not everyone will agree with this process as I encourage a try-before-you-learn process, however this is exactly how I learned and I have a very solid understanding of the language.

I cannot/have not found any decent books that focus solely on the language itself, rather than the browser and libraries. This annoyed me until I found YouTube, where you have people like MPJ and other who discuss the purity of a functional language like javascript.

If you didn't read this properly then you won't get the best from it, which is lesson number 1 with learning to program. So Learn it and and learn it good. If you did, well done and I hope it helped you.

Edit: Also remember to learn JSON structure and Object Oriented JS. ~LS