Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Introduction to jQuery Ways to Include jQuery in a Project

Carleen Hall
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Carleen Hall
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,158 Points
Posted by Carleen Hall
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Carleen Hall
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,158 Points

Confusion regarding jQuery.

Is there another version of this course given by someone else. Nice guy but he leaves me so lost. I have already taken three of the courses so far with instructors Nick Pettit, Dave McFarland and Gul Hernandez who made me feel like a genius; I understood it all. I don't need to be spoon feed, but I feel like this lesson is all over the place and not clear. I can get this on youtube, not what I paid for after all.

Brad Ames
Brad Ames
2,378 Points

As far as i can tell, there isn't. I'm not a fan of the JQuery courses here either. I feel as though they move too fast and explain too little. He's teaching the course as though it's a refresher about concepts you already know and not as a true introductory course.

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I'm afraid your in a not so elite club. jQuery is the point where many people say..."What happened!!!" I had to go through the courses several times and I still don't have it all. To be fair, some of the latter jQuery courses seem kind of advanced. Or at least complicated. Andrew seems quite brilliant and I like his personality. I had an answer about a question that kind of exemplified why I was so often lost. There was a point that andrew was making that I just didn't get. I posted a question about it in the forum. The response was "he covers that in the next video"... Well Bloody! Also Andrew does this thing where he kinda trails off like he's thinking and not teaching and I'm like what, wait, that was something...I bet I needed to know that. All that being said...I'll be doing those courses again :D

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Carleen Hall : I also agree with your assessment that this course with Andrew was been extremely hard to follow. I end up walking away from each video with more questions than I have understanding.

3 Answers

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

I'd recommend you to search on YouTube, there is one with a guy called Derek Banas (I haven't watched it but I've watched a few videos of the same guy and he is good)

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

It looks like there is a new introduction to jQuery course being released in September; you can check it out here and see if it might be more helpful. I don't know on what day it will be released, but in the meantime if you haven't checked this course out on codecademy, I would recommend it (I did it a while ago and found it helpful).

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Clayton Perszyk Thanks for the head's up on the different jQuery instructor. I'm going to give her a try and see if she's someone I follow better than Andrew's version of the material.

Brad Ames
Brad Ames
2,378 Points
Brad Ames
Brad Ames
2,378 Points

I don't have any issues with the teacher - I agree he definitely knows what he's doing. I just get the feeling that he's talking to me like I should already know most of this stuff. It's good to hear there's a new course coming in September. I'll check out the other resources that's been mentioned in the meantime.

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

Hey Brad, I have to agree with the way you put that. And the thing about talking like we should already know what he's talking about. There seems to be a slightly recurring theme where things get tossed in the mix that we have to look up. But they don't tell us we will have to look it up. I'm kinda just figuring that out. I was especially befuddled when there would be a quiz with something that hadn't been covered. I guess "look it up" is the real lesson.