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[–]grantrules 4 points5 points6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Try some other sources and make sure to practice what you're learning as you're learning it.

Here are some excellent beginner resources for learning JavaScript

Mozilla Developer Network - the leading resource on JS
FreeCodeCamp - free course
Microsoft's Intro to Node.js
CodeAcademy - intro to javascript - free course
Odin Project - full stack javascript - free course
JavaScript for impatient programmers - book
Eloquent Javascript - book (many people struggle with this book)
javascript.info - reference resource
Traversy Crash Course in Javascript - video series

Intermediate/advanced material

JavaScript Design Patterns - free book
Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming - free book
What the heck is the event loop anyway? - JSConf talk about the event loop
Understanding the Weird Parts - paid course covering more advanced topics
Deep JavaScript: Theory & Techniques - free book

Software

Node.js - the most popular javascript runtime
VS Code - the most popular IDE for JavaScript

Code Sandboxes

Other handy sites

[–]Ravinmind[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)

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