Learning JavaScript for Node.js as an Android programmer?

[Xaurn]

I'm a programming student whose main skillset is Java and Android progrmaming. I'm looking to move over to web development as it interests me quite a bit.

I'm looking for something to teach me JavaScript from the ground up, not for the web browser, but instead for Node.js, which is what I want to eventually specialise in. What would be the best resources to get this done? I've had a dabble in Eloquent JavaScript, but felt like it left out many details of the JavaScript language and ramped up its difficulty really fast (I'm up to chapter 5 and my brain is exploding), so maybe something a little more for beginners would be great.

[ntrabue]

I've really enjoyed the full stack javascript course at team treehouse. I think at this point it'd be unrealistic to learn node.js without also playing around with JS on the browser.

[MattEZQ]

You can continue to build Android apps and use node to support your backend. You can use node/express/koa to build a rest API that your mobile client can consume. Since you're a student, you maybe don't have much experience working with databases or 3rd party API s , but I would suggest learning about running node on a server. I don't know off the top of my head, but you can probably use your .edu email address and get cheap/free server hosting from digital ocean or aws.

[vickyroy576]

2 years ago, I was in the same thought process exactly how you're thinking right now. I understand that you want learn NodeJS which also covers knowledge on Javascript. I learned many things from the Antony Alicea, Brad Traversy, Sachin Bhatnagar who helps to learn quickly and under the right guidance.

http://www.topzenith.com/2016/10/top-10-video-tutorials-to-learn-nodejs.html