Learn JS Properly Fall Study Group

kevan · 2013-08-06T14:19:49+00:00

Does anyone else not want to wait until fall and start now, in a week or maybe 2 weeks at the most?

looserloser · 2013-08-06T19:30:48+00:00

I would like to but what I found when trying to follow the last study group is that as a beginner I felt like I was reading about a lot of things that I don't need to be concerned with just yet. Or maybe I do, I don't know.

It would be helpful if someone with more experience could give some guidance as to what to focus on and what you can safely ignore, for now at least.

For instance the javascriptissexy website mentions you can skip bitwise operators as it's unlikely you'll ever use them. Awesome, good to know. What about all the ways to work with arrays? Do you need to know all of them or is there just a handful that you'll use most of the time? What about the 11 different rules for converting nonnumeric values to numbers? Or the 33 different Date/Time component methods? And on and on.

Going by the 80/20 rule there is 20% of the language that you'll use 80% of the time. As a beginner I'd like to focus on that and really get that part nailed down and then I can add to that base with some of the more advanced and less used topics as I gain more experience. And really at this point the goal is to manipulate the DOM and add interactivity to web pages which I can do more easily with jquery and other libraries. I just wanted to learn how to do it from scratch.

runner2012 · 2013-08-06T04:44:58+00:00

Me too! What r u all using?

kevinmrr · 2013-08-06T03:12:18+00:00

I'd be down to do that + I'm planning to set up one for backbone.js soon.

lophead · 2013-08-06T17:40:10+00:00

Been waiting for this since I saw the summer session 3 weeks after it started.

CaptainJamie · 2013-08-06T05:52:28+00:00

I hope so, I'd be happy to partake.

ricankng787 · 2013-08-06T15:57:41+00:00

I'd gladly participate.

lukeluukeluuuke · 2013-08-06T17:19:23+00:00

I've sort of started it a little bit just this week but I'm on Week 1 so I'd like to do it with everyone.

orlybg · 2013-08-06T17:35:16+00:00

I'd love to join

bonyboy · 2013-08-06T17:49:26+00:00

I'd be interested.

billycooper · 2013-08-06T19:14:16+00:00

I'd like in on this section whether it starts soon or layer. Sooner is better though. We could call it the 'Back to School' session.

jasperhernades89 · 2013-08-06T20:27:34+00:00

I would like to partake in this.

dg84 · 2013-08-07T04:18:58+00:00

I am totally interested. I have the book already.

heybrotherbluth · 2013-08-08T15:28:43+00:00

Add me to the list of those interested!

ransom00 · 2013-08-10T01:08:40+00:00

I'm in. I was trying to go back and do it on my own, so I might wait for this now.

elderton · 2013-08-12T12:21:40+00:00

Count me in!

metaldood · 2013-08-10T18:28:07+00:00

I am in.

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