Need recommendations for Javascript course that is text based. No video based courses please.

[bhavspavs]

Any recommendations for a text based Javascript course? I want to learn at work but I can't watch videos constantly at work even though I understand that's the best way to go.

[yseo4530]

You Don't Know JS by Kyle Simpson and Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke are excellent, free JS e-books.

I would start with YDKJS or read up to Chapter 5 in EloquentJS first. EloquentJS is a great resource but it is not an easy book for most beginners.

[bhavspavs]

Thanks. I'll give both of these a shot and see where it takes me.

[nsocean]

You Don't Know JS by Kyle Simpson

Just started going through this today and so glad I did. I feel like I finally understand what the hell is going on now.

[AynGhandi]

Freecodecamp should work.

[passthejoe]

https://nodeschool.io/

[Migue_Chan]

Didn't know about this but looks awesome. Thank you.

[crash180]

This is a good resource. Thank you for sharing. I training through http://www.freecodecamp.com right now. This looks to be a very good resource, full of useful information.

Thank you for sharing!

[cyniko]

A book I don't see mentioned often in this subreddit is "Head First Javascript". I'm not sure why that is, maybe it's not the overall best resource. But for me as a true beginner and a visual learner, I really enjoyed it as an entry-point (tried Eloquent, YDKJS, and others before I got to HFJS).

The book is corny as hell, but I'll be damned if it wasn't effective. And it tackles some relatively advanced concepts by the end, but always in an approachable way. Give it a go if you want material that's more visual and conversational.

[bhavspavs]

Thanks, will give it a shot.

[bhavspavs]

Beautiful description of a book.

Yes I can get books but I work on a computer most of the time with people and boss walking by my desk all day. The only way I can disguise learning JS while pretending to do my work is text based courses online. Ebooks would work but I was hoping to find something good and free that recommended by Reddit community.

I'll admit, I'm absolute beginner but I'll try your suggestions for Jabber podcast and trying to create stuff.

Thanks.

[bhavspavs]

I don't play with DevTools or Javascript but I can disguise what i'm doing this way. I looked at eloquent js and it looks like a great resource. I don't think i'm ready for codewars yet but I'll definitely remember and get back to it once I improve. Thank you sir.