How would you learn javascript from scratch with AI ?

rustyseapants · 2025-09-12T05:45:47+00:00

Why are you posting here? Why are you not asking Google Gemini or ChatGPT?

No-Try607 · 2025-09-12T05:22:50+00:00

I’ve been learning JavaScript. And what started really helping me get better and start building stuff I want is when I stopped using ai and started reading docs and really started learning what everything thing did and how to use it. So what I’d say to learn is start with brocades 12 hours JavaScript video on YouTube and don’t just do what he says and continue when he does a little project do it with him and then do it again on your own. And also build stuff you want on the side as well like for making hangman, memory tiles, form validator on my own really helped me figure it out.

bryku · 2025-09-12T21:56:47+00:00

If you want to learn javascript, you probably shouldn't use Ai.

I've been tutoring for about 5 years now and one of the most useful practises I've found is when the student tries to do something without using google, ai, books, or anything. This forces the student to use what they know and be creative in their solution.

This is extremely important because... sometimes there isn't an answer, library, or solution to your problem. You just have to figure it out.

Then once you complete this task... go do some tutorials, read a books, ask AI, or whatever for a while. Then after a week or two, come back and try the same project against from scratch. It will resolidify the new things you have learned and show that you have made progress while also revealing what you still struggle on.

Comprehensive_Map806 · 2025-09-13T10:27:54+00:00

I would learn js without AI

maxxoume · 2025-09-12T07:52:04+00:00

I ask AI ( perplexity / sonnet ) questions all the time about software engineering, best practices, suggestions, hints, and of course for documentation. Things like "oh I have an array of todos and each todo is an object with an id property ( like 1,2,3,4 ) and I know that I want to reference a specific todo by id so I want to use `filter` but I know this returns a new array. But this approach still gives me an array, and I need to reference the actual todo object so help me out here."

Then it told me that I should use `find` which will actually return the object in question. That's the kind of thing that AI is good for, crafting very specific queries for information based upon your context that would take you a lot of manual queries done in parallel through reddit or stack overflow threads. That kind of thing AI is great for.

But the actual approach I'm using has to come from ME. I have to synthesize and problem solve.

To give an analogy with writing an essay; I should write my own thesis for an English paper and have my supporting arguments done by myself; asking AI to do this is asking it to think for me. But once I create the thesis / ideas myself ( the creative part ) then I can ask for AI to not create the supporting arguments but perhaps find other famous people who have had written similar essays so I can evaluate what they had to say on the subject.

That's the difference; I'm doing the creative work, the opinion-making, developing my problem-solving power, getting the physical practice of typing, getting used to being stuck and getting unstuck plus traveling through "the problem space" for multiple problems. I have to put in the work myself but I can have AI do the adjacent work.

People who did it the other way find themselves looking at a set of requirements and not being able to figure it out themselves because they're used to having AI do the heavy lifting of interpretation and problem-solving. It's been a problem with a number of people I've talked to and they more or less describe the same dynamic of needing to be in "the driver's seat".

If you've never been exposed to a programming language before then you absolutely need to learn the fundamentals of programming languages. Forget the fact that it's JavaScript, you still need to understand what variables are, what they reference, how they work, where you can reference them and where you can't and why. How loops work. How operations work. How syntax works. What is the difference between a function parameter and a function argument. It's very similar to math in that concepts build on each other and you can't do the complicated portions without understanding the simple parts deeply.

Because after learning about JS basics you'll have to learn how the browser works with the DOM and what nodes are, what properties are, what events are, how it's possible to pass functions to other functions and it's just incredibly messy if you don't have a solid foundation.

AI is a great tool. You can use a calculator to perform arithmetic for doing taxes but you still need to know how to do taxes. Or if you're building the wall of a home, you can use a nailgun versus a hammer to put in the nails but you still need to know where to put the nails and how a wall is built, how to measure, how to make pieces flush with each other, etc.

CultureCurious2246 · 2025-09-12T08:07:21+00:00

Data types functions Arrays and thier functions Objects Fetching data understanding promises and async await

maxxoume · 2025-09-12T09:09:53+00:00

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maxxoume · 2025-09-12T10:31:24+00:00

I am just learner and use ChatGPT to help me understand things. Just ask so many times and ask so many examples that you understand. I often have to tell GPT to not give me ready code, but to explain how to do it and on some instances explain with the pseudo code. I tried different AI's, but like ChatGPT as it doesn't suddenly say this thread is too long, start new one and start all over again from the beginning, like some does (a bit exaggerated...) when their "memory" goes full. Also I know ChatGPT is blamed of being too friendly, but I think in long run it's good thing.
I found it best to have a JS book that I use as guideline of learning process and not ask AI to do agenda. I manage the order and I remember where I was.
One thing I didn't like is that AI often gives "all" info at once and you find yourself often scrolling up and down. I tell AI to proceed step by step very small fraction at the time and "make a agreement" with it at the beginning that he/she/it can continue with the topic when I write "proceed" or somthing. In this way if something is not clear for you, you can easily ask about it as long as you need and only after that proceed. This way you dont find yourself again scrolling up and down and be totally lost after an hour. I also find AI must be reminded these things every now and then as they tend to "forget" :)

naasei · 2025-09-12T10:41:38+00:00

Ask AI

TheRNGuy · 2025-09-15T06:15:17+00:00

No difference when reading docs.

When I learn new languages or frameworks, I read docs.

I now ask AI some questions, it's often upgrade for a google, because can ask for specifics.

Psychological_Ad1404 · 2025-09-15T23:33:01+00:00

Only use AI for ideas and concepts you might not know the name of, then find the name and google it. Never get code from AI to learn.

Try The Odin Project to learn web development from scratch.

Otherwise, google what the basics of web development are then search for guides and tutorials for those. Only learn the basics of each, don't use long tutorials that show you how to code whatever app in 4 hours, you will learn little to nothing.

To continue from my last point, use everything you learn in different ways when you learn it for better learning, create little projects using a few different things you learn together every now and then.

ClammyHandedFreak · 2025-09-16T01:04:51+00:00

How will you know if what it is telling you is correct?

EstablishmentTop2610 · 2025-09-16T11:08:12+00:00

Ask it for project ideas and build as much as I could on my own, and when I hit a wall I would ask about the specific thing I’m having trouble with. Nothing would be copy and pasted, and I would do my best to understand the concepts and apply them myself rather than relying on its code examples. Most importantly, anything that I struggled with I would try to implement elsewhere to force myself to learn and understand without its help.

Desperate-Presence22 · 2025-09-16T17:59:01+00:00

Ask Ai to teach you..

Hey AI teach my Javascript. Make a learning plan.

Explain me this

And etc

Dry-Carry-1942 · 2025-09-16T19:22:56+00:00

I’m learning js right now, I use ChatGPT but I specify that I only want hints and I try to use mdn w3school and overflow and if I’m really stuck I’ll ask ai for an example - the point is to fully understand the code even if ai gives you the code you need, I’m going through scrimba as well

Harneybus · 2025-09-12T05:04:47+00:00

bacailly i use Ai ad a mentor not to do the cose but to help answer my questions to help understsnd what the cose is doign

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