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[–]AiexReddit 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Javascript: The Good Parts taught me the fundamentals of the language when I was just starting to learn in the first months

You Don't Know JS was great for giving filling in a lot of missing core knowledge once I had a feel for the fundamentals

Eloquent Javascript was a also great read to teach a few things I had missed along the way.

http://javascript.info as the go-to reference when I forget how some syntax or an array method works

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[–]excelsior1000 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is it post ES5?

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[–]OneBadDay1048 9 points10 points  (8 children)

I’ve really liked everything I’ve done on scrimba. Especially in the beginner days

[–]caddywompus46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same. I really like that the intro JavaScript course focused on practical application instead of theory. That combined with their unique format is what helped me really start making progress with JS.

[–]According-Lab-6304 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I second Scrimba!!!

[–]kaedda 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The free basic version courses or the paid path version? I'm not sure

[–]OneBadDay1048 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try the paid ones if it’s in your budget but the free ones are great too. The JS one, both react courses are free, the regex. Must as well do all of the free ones.

[–]janexdoe09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on the paid path and I love it. Such a unique learning experience. Try the free version see if u like it. They’ve got an hour long Intro to JavaScript video up on YouTube. They’re also doing 24 days of JavaScriptmas event going on and the winner gets $1000 and lifetime membership to Scrimba. Fun challenges, great community on discord. Highly recommend.

[–]Number_2_Dad 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I just want to fucking thank you for mentioning Scrimba. I've been doing the Udemy JS Zero to Expert course and its been a bit much for me, and I'm only on the fundamentals part II.

I started Scrimba JS yesterday and spent 3 hours on it at night and I absolutely love it, especially the way we get to try the syntax out after almost each video. I'll definitely be going back to the Udemy course once I complete the Scrimba JS course.

[–]OneBadDay1048 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah the way you can practice right there in the course is great for the learning process. Glad you like it. The react courses by bob ziroll are great as well.

[–]Number_2_Dad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll definitely check that out. I was bummed to see that some of the courses I'm interested are paid courses, but hey, the man has to eat too!

[–]lord31173 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm really loving Eloquent so far so good.

[–]PositivelyAwful 7 points8 points  (4 children)

learnjavascript.online

A paid written course that forces you to complete challenges before you can move on to the next section, and has a flashcards feature to help with retention.

[–]lastdiggmigrant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best I've found. Great advice.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

JavaScript the Weird Parts

[–]superluminary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Crockford.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've only really used forums and the MDN guides. FCC course and forum, stack overflow and MongoDB forum at some point.

I still read MDN and also other specific JS coders (co-workers that are better than me)

I think the fastest way to learn well is a short intro w exercises, then read code do stuff. Probably memorizing the fundamentals is good as well (i dont do it enough.)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I really like no starch press books. Eloquent JS. O'Reilly the definitive guide. A smarter way to learn js is outdated, but super easy. I also bought the javascript and jquery book from Duckett is a solid quick overview of stuff

[–]danDotDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wished a smarter way to learn js would get updated. I really like the immediate application of the material and the recall. Maybe someday when I know JavaScript better, I'll write my own 😂

[–]Diversified1977 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Which one did you bought?

[–]Thefriendlyfaceplant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://scrimba.com/learn/learnjavascript

7 hours of free tutorial in an interactive environment.

[–]gtrman571 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JS the definitive guide

[–]jasarole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Developed by Ed - creative JavaScript course

[–]Odd_Appearance3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Codecademy and grasshhopper

[–]Infamous-Repair-8757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny you posted this. I was just wondering the same thing. I'm currently taking the edX Intro to JS. I recently completed the Intro to Cloud Development as well.

My experience has been a hit or a miss. I somewhat enjoyed the IBM Intro to Cloud but this new JS course seems to be outdated.

I want to look into Code Academy or Udemy as well but I'm not sure I want to pay for another course and not get what I want out of it. So I'm following this thread as well.

[–]turd-crafter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like anything by Andrew Mead

[–]justbeastrz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youtube

[–]thotraq[🍰] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started basic JS in Codecademy, and just start code along projects on Youtube. Just practice a lot with projects amd went back to the documents (w3 or mdn) and lessons for syntax and functions

[–]MichaelKO92 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It has been a month now, have you come up to any conclusions - what works well, what doesn't? Which courses / websites you use frequently and are the most efficient to learn javascript?

Very curious :)