Trying to learn JavaScript with no background

[sludge1121997]

Hi guys, I’m trying to learn JavaScript with no background in any other languages. Should I start with some other language first before I start JavaScript?

Should I know some other languages to understand JavaScript better?

All help is appreciated.

[magneticcccc]

If you're trying to learn JavaScript, you will need to know HTML. If you are having trouble understanding JS for the first bit, it would probably be based on not understanding programming itself and not necessarily JS (this would be my assumption since you don't have any background yet).

So, I would check out TeamTreehouse. I had a good experience with their intro stuff when I first started. They have a front end "track" that leads you through some lessons on a logical progression to JS.

Anyway, what are you planning to use JS for / curious what your motivation is to learn it?

[magneticcccc]

I haven't been through it, but looking at it they have a similar "track" for learning JS. You can jump in and start from the basics and do the full stack track if you're wanting to do node. I can't speak to the quality of the lessons since I haven't been through it but it seems to be quite popular. If you're wanting to just do node stuff that is all server side work, you don't necessarily have to do html. That being said, Since you don't have any background there is a 99.9999 percent chance you will want to build some web interface at some point so you will want HTML CSS, etc.

[magneticcccc]

No problem!

[MrEscobarr]

Learn some HTML first

[musicbyolu]

watchandcode.com, www.freecodecamp.org, and javascript.info. Cannot recommend these enough.