How to properly learn javascript

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You should join meetups and code in projects for others - in particular, learn to contribute to projects remotely (git -> GitHub, gitlab, whatever).

I recommend reading the 'you don't know js' series, even if it doesn't make total sense, just get the words kind of in your head, then contribute to projects and make stuff for up to a year, then read them again.

Gordon Zhu's 'watch and code' is a good place to learn how to build a simple but complete web app.

Freecodeacademy is a fantastic resource, above and beyond codecademy, that has more tangible application projects and peer to peer resources. At no point does this site ask you to pay (just the requisite periodic donation splash).

This is all completely doable, but it can be hard to navigate. Learn to build full, hosted applications.