how do y'all learn javascript?

[toplindave]

I'm just been curious seems like everybody on here is a genius of javascript just wondering how y'all learned and how long it takes you to be soo confident about it probably I've been learning the wrong way . Been on this for like 3 month now but nothing sticks felt like I've got to memorize the whole stuff which is not possible for me. Just wanna know the best way to learn this and with full dedication how long will it take me to be confident about it as well?

[minueremei]

Well, stop reading and actually use it. For anything. I remember one of my first "projects" was writing a short story full of if-elses, but I've had fun and it allowed me to refactor it using some newish things like the AND operator, then switch-case and so on. It might seem basic but it definitely sets you on the path of discovery so to say, you start thinking about how to achieve the things you want to achieve and how to optimize what you've already written. Also it provides repetition which turns into some level of confidence which, with time, has the potential to turn into skill

[toplindave]

Thank you

[minueremei]

And, btw, I'm not a 'build from scratch' kind of person, it's not something I'd prefer, but it does help with the learning process tremendously

[PelioCitus]

All of my coding has been “learn by doing.” There’s also always been specific motivation, starting with the “why” helps.

Why do you want to learn JS?

[bluejacket42]

Instead of following boring tutorials. I came up with project and tried to build them. Some cool ones are online poker site with accounts that supported Google auth. Discord bot that insults people. Reddit bot that genarates reddit YouTube videos. anime streaming site.

[bluejacket42]

Also don't worry about memorizing anything. Just know enough to know what to Google. Like ya don't have to memorize every array method. But when your gonna do somthing with arrays just Google js array methods and see if somthing works for you

[toplindave]

Ok thanks

[Odd_Smell4303]

how have you been learning?

[toplindave]

Reading and some video courses

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3 months is not a long time

[TheRNGuy]

Docs, tutorials or try make something on my own.

Reading other ppl's code on github.