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JavaScript

Gary Hurd
Gary Hurd
17,533 Points
Posted by Gary Hurd
Gary Hurd
17,533 Points

Am I missing something?

HI everyone. I am in the beginning deep dive for Java Scripting, and I feel so lost. I do not have a clue as to what is going on. I did the videos before the deep dive, and I answered all the questions, but I am just lost as to what is going on. I am just lost and feel like I am missing a piece of the whole puzzle. can someone just shed some light on the scripting. I really don't know how to ask, except, I am total lost. does it make sense as I get into the deep dive?

Harleigh Abel
Harleigh Abel
4,547 Points

I had the same experience. I had to experiment with other resources and come back to it myself. While I appreciate the thoroughness of Treehouse and their format, with JavaScript I felt like I was being taught to write an essay before learning the alphabet.

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I recommend you combine the Treehouse courses with the Code School courses.

  1. Introduction to Programming (Treehouse)
  2. JavaScript Road Trip Part 1 (Code School)
  3. JavaScript course (Learn Street)
  4. JavaScript Foundations (Treehouse)
  5. JavaScript Road Trip Part 2 & 3 (Code School)
  6. Try JQuery (Code School)
  7. Build an Interactive Website (Treehouse)
  8. JQuery: The Return Flight (Code School)
Giovanni CELESTE
Giovanni CELESTE
20,961 Points
Giovanni CELESTE
Giovanni CELESTE
20,961 Points

Hi Gary,

My opinion on the subject: when you start to learn programming or Javascript, you will enter a process of destruct and rebuild your thinking mode. We all have apprehension, an own "logic". With time and practice, everything will start to find its place, like in a puzzle. We have to be patient, and enlarge our scope.

I had (and still have) difficulties with Javascript. I understand pretty well Java, and I understood quite quickly PHP, but Javascript was...confusing. With Treehouse courses, I started to understand Javascript better, having consolidations of concepts and definitions. Then I followed PHP courses, here again I consolidated my knowledge, starting to understand some subtilities, comparing the languages (still, the logic is quite similar).

Here I am today, going through the Objective C basics course, and it helps me understanding Javascript (and PHP) a lot more, as C is the origin of every language I saw so far. I don't plan to use Objective C (neither coding for iOS), but it gives me a larger scope of what is going on here and there. And finally, the logic of Javascript seems less complexe (in the objective C course, a video refers to static and dynamic language...man, it made so much more sense understanding that!!).

Eric Kenny
Eric Kenny
4,364 Points
Eric Kenny
Eric Kenny
4,364 Points

Hey Gary,

Without any specific questions I am not sure how to help. It helps to try to apply what was learned in each video, with javascript while I was learning (still am), I would always use dev tools for Firefox or Chrome to play around with ideas taught in the video to help the concept sink it. Answering the questions properly doesn't always mean the concept is learned. You may even want to go through the deep dive twice to see if a big picture view from finishing the deep dive helps understand some of the details in the individual sections.

Best of luck, Eric