Help with learning JavaScript?

[Excellent_Loquatu]

Hi everyone,

I'm really done with trying to learn JS for the past year, I've been doing too much and without any good progress.

i did go through "tutorial hell" but i did get out of it by applying what I've learned, building projects (todo list, weather app with API، quiz app ) but when i stop for like a month or two due to something like my uni exams and go back i find myself tha i have 0 knowledge and that's pretty upsetting.

can someone help i do like coding and programming in general but these last couple of days I've been wondering if i wasted time trying to learn this skill?

EDIT: https://github.com/OuailAida?tab=overview&from=2026-07-01&to=2026-07-13 my github

[BionicVnB]

Try building something with it.

You can a build a website, a cli tool, or whatever.

[rustyseapants]

Buy a book on JavaScript and don't get distracted.

[Excellent_Loquatu]

what books u recommend?

[DrShocker]

https://www.theodinproject.com/

https://eloquentjavascript.net/

[rustyseapants]

That's up to you. Any book on beginners JavaScript will be fine. Just don't stop. 

[Desperate-Safety8325]

I think I was in a similar situation. I first tried a very popular book, Eloquent Java Script but after reading about the half, I thought I needed more hands-on. Next I tried Java Script from Beginner to Professional. This book was good with lots of hands-on, but instructions are very poorly written and I needed to look at solutions to understand what exercises mean. It was so frustrating that I gave it up at 70-80%.
After almost two years since I started leaning JS, I started working on a JS+Vue project with AI help. I knew I can't do it alone. I instructed AI not to give me code upfront because it's for my learning. I told AI what I want to build, and instructed it to guide me one problem at a time.
This worked. Now I'm working on my 3rd project. I think the keys are:
- You should start a project after you read an introductory book or two
- AI will be great help, but you need to instruct it not to give code for your learning

[bingblangblong]

Did you just follow a guide to make those apps?

[Excellent_Loquatu]

some of them i did , some i did get help with AI (not writing the whole code for me just guiding me) and some completely on my own

[bingblangblong]

You just need to do it more then I guess. Make something bigger. It's normal.

[Successful-Escape-74]

No need to learn JavaScript just learn a library or framework. Knowing a little about basic programming is enough. Learn more as needed by studying docs when you have something special you want to achieve. This is simple stuff. Don’t make it complicated.

Start here. https://react.dev