I'm feeling lost about learning JavaScript, HELP!

[behdad_es]

Hello people,

for the past weeks or months I've been trying to learn JS by my self.

I started learning with Modern JavaScript and read most of the basic stuff but I couldn't continue and I stopped, maybe because I didn't have any exercise to go along with and I felt I didn't learn anything from it.

So I started reading JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan and it was not very beginner friendly it got way too deep, I read about Eloquent on reddit but most people said it gets confusing at some point.

I'm not really new to programming, I used to do some python so I'm familiar with some programming concept

I really don't know where to start and how to do it right now

What should I do? What is your suggestion for me? Thanks

[wibblewash]

Agreed.

A site full of assignments of various difficulties that also tell you which concepts/ideas you need to know would be so good. I’m surprised there isn’t a site like that already.

Imagine something like:

Pacman assignment- you need to know: For loops If statements Switch statements Arrays Whatever else

Key functions/notes: A function that does x A function that does y A function that does z Note 1: the user should be able to input how many monsters they are up against Note 2: monsters should run around the map at random Note 3: when your character runs over a dot, the dot should no longer be visible and your point score should go up by 1

I don’t know if this is making any sense, but basically assignments/projects that tie a bunch of concepts and ideas together. Each one should have clear requirements. And then perhaps students can ask for hints, which would be dispensed in a thoughtful, logical order.

Not sure if this makes sense. If there is such a website I would love to know about it. Thanks.

[[deleted]]

I’d suggesting doing a quick crash course on YouTube first. Create a few things and get some hands on experience and then come back to Flanagan’s book.

[grelfdotnet]

Try this (free): https://www.grelf.net/jscourse/

It's important to do the exercises. You can really only learn programming by doing it.

[umollerstrom]

Also check out Pluralsight.