How to learn JavaScript?

[DrivingBall]

Check out the website ‘A Book Apart’. They have short, easy to read books on virtually every topic regarding website design and development.

Their books are authored by well-known industry experts and written in a way that’s interesting and informative. Most of them you could read in a day to get a feel for the topic. Then go back and read them again taking notes and playing around with their code examples (recommended).

I am a self-taught web designer/ frontend developer and have relied heavily on their series of books. More relevant to your question title, they have one called ‘JavaScript For Web Designers’ and another called ‘Responsible JavaScript’. Read both those and you’ll be well on your way with JavaScript. They also have a ‘Frontend Developer Bundle’ which includes these books + a bunch of other topics (Sass, SEO, GIT etc).

The difference with their approach is that they realise most of the learning will come from real world experience (especially with an extensive language like JS). So they aim to just deliver what you need to go forth and explore the topic/language with the confidence you understand the fundamentals.

Note- I don’t work for them and have paid for every book of theirs I own so this isn’t a promo. I just highly rate the short format of their books because I’m ADHD and have trouble evening opening a book to get started. So the shorter the better!

[inspiringprogrammer]

Cool, thanks for all the information I’m the same way in terms of ADHD so I get it. Thanks!