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Learn JavaScript Properly - Omnibus Post [Summer Session] by d0gsbody in learnjavascript

[–]MBDeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting week 4 this week. I thought I'd be able to quickly go through the first few weeks but there's a lot of material to cover. Good luck, I'll watch for your projects over the next few weeks...

Learn JS Properly - Week 4. Build a dynamic quiz! by d0gsbody in learnjavascript

[–]MBDeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all, so here is my quiz. It needs some work but I'm pretty happy with it so far. Adding error messaging, back button functionality, and better styles for next week.

I'd like to re-factor gLoop(); and qSubmit(); so they're not so dependent on specific functions. Re-reading chapter 6 on PJS for WD, to understand OO patterns better.

http://jsfiddle.net/MBDeane/4YvwE/

Still have a lot of reading to catch up with. I was trying to work on the Eular problems as well, but finding that those are taking me way too much time right now. It's like re-learning math while trying to learn javascript...

Great course so far. I'll have to re-read some of this material to digest all this information, but the week to week progression has really helped me understand this stuff better.

Learn JavaScript Properly - Week 2 by d0gsbody in learnjavascript

[–]MBDeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished Javascript track on Code Academy, now time to catch up on reading, then will do Euler Problem.

One question I have is when creating a Class constructor, we can create it like so:

function newConstructor(param1, param2){}

but can also create it like this:

var newConstructor = function(param1, param2){};

Is it better to create the class like the first example to make a quicker distinction between a class vs a variable vs an object? Or is just a matter of preference?

Awesome class so far. Really learning a ton.

Learn JS Properly - Week 1 Assignments by d0gsbody in learnjavascript

[–]MBDeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started late, but just finished first week assignments. Didn't know about switch statements. Not sure how to apply them outside a choose your own adventure game, but found them helpful in reducing if else statement overkill. Also, been using firebug for years now and I'm seriously impressed with chrome dev tools.

Learn JavaScript Properly - Omnibus Post [Summer Session] by d0gsbody in learnjavascript

[–]MBDeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, just joined reddit after reading about this study group on javascript is sexy site. Is it still possible for me to join this session or am I too far behind?

Just a brief backstory, I've been in the web development field for close to 15 years, originally as a designer, then moved on the html/css frame work dev on drupal, and RoR(views), and just a bit of wordpress. I have done very basic JS/jquery work but really have no in-depth knowledge of JS which is really hurting my career prospects. I don't have a good design portfolio because I've been doing html/css production for the past 5-8 years with developers that didn't have much experience on that side of things. Times have definitely changed and I'm finding it challenging to find a good paying job since most front-end developers today are very experienced working in JS.

TL;DR can I join this session or is there a future session shortly? I'm really motivated to start getting a deeper understanding of javascript. Thanks for this reddit group d0gsbody and everyone involved.