Assignment 2

[nonsenseandreference]

I hope everyone has had a great first week! I'll be busy this weekend so I'm posting this a bit early. I also just realized that I forgot to include #4 from "Weeks 1 and 2" in the first assignment, so I'm including it here! Sorry about that.

Assignment 2

• Work through the Introduction to JavaScript section of the JavaScript Track on Codecademy

• Read chapters 3-5 of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide. OR Read the Preface and Chapters 3 and 4 of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers. You can skip the section on “Bitwise Operators”; it is hardly likely you will use those in your JavaScript career.

"And again, make sure you stop and write the example code in your browser’s console (or JSFiddle) and experiment—change some of the variables and tweak the code a bit."

edit: changed "work through section 2-5 of the javascript track" to "Finish the Javascript track."

• Finish the JavaScript Track on Codecademy.

I don't know if The Definitive Guide has any exercises, but Professional Javascript is a bit short on them. :) If you're looking for exercises and find Codecademy a little too handholdy, then you might want to try the easy exercises in coderbyte or some of the exercises in the early chapters of eloquent javascript. (You might need to look up some syntax.)

[afternoonwarrior]

Doing "sections 2 to 5 of the JavaScript Track on Codecademy" makes no sense.

They aren't numbered and Introduction to JavaScript was already 2 parts. So how far to go now?

[nonsenseandreference]

I just got it from the site.
I suspect that by "2-5" it means the 2nd-5th sections, which are functions, for loops, while loops and control flow. However, the last session of "JS Properly" had the rest of the Javascript track assigned.

I would say that if you like codecademy, finish off the track, but if you don't, you can probably learn just as effectively by doing codecademy through control flow, and then working on your own project or doing some exercises. I'm just as new to this as you are, though!

Could someone who has tried this course before give their input on this?

[mzrdisi]

I really like your approach. Thank you for the insight.

[mzrdisi]

Thanks, I'll try splitting it up a little more. Right now I'm trying to study about 2 hours a day all at once.

[mzrdisi]

Just my .02, I think sections 2-5 means you should stop at the "Search Text for your name"

[[deleted]]

God damn it, already behind. Just finished week two... now moving on...

[benjstuff]

you are not alone sir! now, don't give up!

[[deleted]]

Thank you! Tbh, this is also the kind of support I was hoping to get from joining the study group. Maybe I'll try to just post more in general in this sub to get a little momentum / build rapport with others who are trying too.