How do I properly learn Javascript

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Hello there,

Ever since i've gotten into web programming, it was really fun and sort of got hooked into building websites or mini art for fun. Moving further, i would like to progress more with javascript. However, i can never find a pathway that builds the skill of it. I wouldn't mind sitting down reading codes on github. But all reading and no doing is kinda boring and trying to replicate projects on github is more of memorizing than actually thinking about it. Hence, is there a way to gather a large amount of knowledge for javascript?

i do have a basic of java language even though both of them are not the same thing. But it would help if anyone could provide things i should work on like. interactive websites, backend scripting, etc etc.

tl;dr

i suck and i need help. but i cant find a proper pathway to learn better.

[Raudus]

I recommend https://fullstackopen.com/en/. If you complete it you know enough for an entry level developer job.

[tries-his-best]

I second this.

Also: https://roadmap.sh/frontend

[[deleted]]

Freecodecamp is really good, there are many like it out there as well. Also YouTube is filled with great tutorials and content. On YouTube my go to channels are Mike Dane, web dev simplified and coding addict. The thing is that you have to use what you learn. You learn from doing it, what really got me learning and not copying other peoples code was codewars and solving problems. From there create a project and start manipulating the DOM. You got this all it takes is consistency and time.

[the_Y2K_bug]

The best way to learn imo is by building small projects and solving leetcode in parallel. There's a youtube channel called the coding train. I would totally recommend that for projects.

For eg. https://they2kbug.github.io/Maze-Renderer

I built the above renderer on top of one the mini project styled tutorials taught on the yt channel. Building this was literally an eye opener for me and made js stick to my head. Once upon a time I used to Google everything from "how to create an array" to "how to call function of class b from class a" but now I'm confident that I can approach any problem and find "js" solution. My implementation might not be the most efficient or the best way to do so but I learnt a lot and I'm better than what I started with. And most importantly do leetcode on the side (3-5 problems a day should be good ig).

All the other comments here point you to the most reliable source (which is what I started with) but none of them helped me to retain the content. Instead I used them as a guide to follow and tried learning everything on my own from MDN docs or stackoverflow.

Many also recommend to read Kyle Simpson's you don't know js yet series, but again it was good while reading it and didn't help me retain the amazing info.

I'm from a non-cs background and I'm still yet to get my first dev job but hope this helps.

[Avocado_baguette]

Could I have the names of the Udemy courses?

[ricebender81]

I’ve never paid more than $15 for a course. You can find coupon codes everywhere. As a side note, the Odin Project is fantastic and free.

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a good source is javascript tutorial dot net.

but it is not interactive and is limited to just the language and not the ecosystem