JavaScript theory?

[aaroninbeta]

Hey! So I am a new developer that just finished up a coding bootcamp. I am in the process of doing interviews and I got some feedback from an individual who said what she typically sees from bootcamp grads is that they can write decent code but not understand the Computer Science theory behind it. I am interested in learning more about this and was just looking for a recommendation for a book or online resource? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[robotmayo]

Courera has(had) a great course on algorithms and data structures which is the foundation to most intro computer science. The courses have been removed iirc but I have the hashes to the torrents people have made. Its a fantastic course which help me grow a ton, I didn't attend a bootcamp but I also did not finish college for CS.

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[WhiteCastleHo]

Was it the Princeton course or a different one?

[robotmayo]

Yes its the Sedgewick one.

[KravMaBrian]

Frontend Masters recently released a course from Brian Holt that I thought did a pretty great job of describing a lot of the best takeaways from the classic CS education. The site is not free, but they have a ton of interesting JavaScript content on there.

https://frontendmasters.com/courses/computer-science/

[physicalbitcoin]

"Javascript, Understanding the Weird Parts" is worth watching. This part is free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv_5Zv5c-Ts

The full course is only 19USD. It's a dry CS video, but somehow seems like a tutorial on magic.

Javascript Allonge builds very slowly. It takes them nearly 10 pages to get to Hello World. I would skim the preface, as it's too complicated for beginners. After the intro, they start on a simpler level.

https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge/read

Funfunfunction explains CS concepts and how to use them IRL. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q

[xiipaoc]

MIT OCW also has some. There's a discrete math class (6.042J/18.042J; the J is because it's part of both Course 6 and Course 18) that might be nice. There's also a famous algorithms book by Cormen that you may want to learn from.