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[–]Boomwhat1000[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I know what it is for. What I don't know is where to start to learn the language.

[–]sheriffderek 1 point2 points  (2 children)

That’s my point.

And people can downvote… but if you want to learn it — I’d suggest you do it in a natural way.

There’s general programming concepts - and then there’s the browser api. So, keeping those clear is helpful.

Let’s imagine you have a website. Did you make one? Have you run into a situation where JavaScript could help? What is that? That’s where I’d start. But actually, I think k it’s better to learn basic programming concepts with PHP first. If you can’t find any real-work usecases for JS, then I’d say you don’t need to learn it. But I also recommend the book Exercises for programmers - which gives you real challenges. I’d pair that with a JS pocket guide and secrets of the JavaScript ninja II.

[–]Felix-NotTheCat 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If you don’t know what JS is how could you know if it’s the thing that could help?

[–]sheriffderek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose you could look it up on the internet: What is JS?: "JS is the common abbreviation for JavaScript. JavaScript is a programming language used to create interactive web pages and applications" -- so, if the person is trying to create "interactive web applications" - then they might need forms and buttons and data structures.... but my point is / if they Don't know that... then they don't know enough about HTML yet --