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Michael Wells
4,493 PointsFront-end Track Question
Hello everyone,
I am currently going through the Front-end web development track and I am currently on the jQuery basics portion.
I am already familiar with HTML & CSS, and I have a good grip on the basics of JavaScript since I have learned other programming languages such as Java.
However, once I started learning jQuery, I became confused with all the methods Andrew introduced.
My question: Should I skip this portion of the front-end track and move on ahead to the other three JavaScript portions (Interactivity, Ajax, Object-oriented Javascript), or should I stay and learn the basics of jQuery first?
I appreciate any responses, thank you!
Michael Wells
4,493 PointsSorry, I should probably restate what I mean.
With what Alexander mentioned, I am mostly confused with the DOM part of jQuery and how Andrew uses jQuery methods to "traverse" the DOM.
1 Answer
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsIf you haven't already, I recommend learning the DOM first before JQuery.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlso, if you skip JQuery, you'd probably be in big trouble because the Interactivity and Ajax courses sometimes have JQuery in the code. JQuery is the opening to amazing JavaScript!
~Alex
Michael Wells
4,493 PointsI appreciate your input; I will look into learning the DOM!
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsGood luck! :)
Cheo R
37,150 PointsCheo R
37,150 PointsWhat in particular is confusing? Not everybody's going to get everything the first time around. There have been a few videos that I've watch more than once through, to really understand what's going on.