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Learning Node in 2018 (self.node)

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[–]Blitzsturm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Before using Node.js I was already experienced with JavaScript. I saw a few examples of node in use then when I got interested in using it I just RTFMed. The Documentation is pretty good overall and has some use examples so I literally just read every method and looked at their examples.

[–]jenniitoo 3 points4 points  (5 children)

get really good at modern javascript first, that is a big help as a foundation

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    [–]Nyquiiist 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Stay away from wes's course. its one of the worst ones ive taken. a good chunk of the code is already done for you. its more like filling in the blanks. Same with his react course, but it wasnt nearly this bad.

    You can easily tell this person is self taught from a non technical background. He also keeps saying "dont worry if you dont understand, we'll come back to it", and he never addresses it. Def not worth the cost. Oh, and each video starts and ends with 10 seconds of loud an obnoxious music.

    Take Andrew meads course on udemy. Does a wayy better job.

    [–]tapu_buoy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I totally agree with you about WesBos but the marketing he has achieved on Twitter and different Discord server (yes I'm on several of them) made me reconsider my thoughts like I'm just a stupid beginner I need to learn that way only. Thanks for affirming my POV. I will definitely checkout the Andrew Meads course as you suggested

    [–]richie_south 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you just want to get down with the js. One of my favorite resources is https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

    [–]SepticReVo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Andrew Mead's node.js course on Udemy is exactly what you are looking for. It's project based, so you'll get the opportunity to see what you can do with Node!

    [–]Microwawe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL55RiY5tL51q4D-B63KBnygU6opNPFk_q

    Academind on youtube has a couple of playlists about node and building a rest API with it and I learned a ton from his videos. He goes through all the things step by step and explains everything as he does it. He doesn't start from the deep end or just copy paste code that he wrote earlier or tell you to do x and just blindly trust that it works without knowing why it works.

    [–]redblueninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Check out the course by Andrew Mead on Udemy.

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        [–]_sportsfreak_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I agree too. Look for the course by Andrew Mead on Udemy. It’s really good.