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JavaScript

Posted by Matthew Rigdon
Matthew Rigdon
8,223 Points

Getting confused with jQuery?

I have finished the JavaScript introduction and OOP courses, and now I have begun the introduction to jQuery course. For some reason, this course is terribly confusing for me. There are so many method calls, and I honestly don't really understand what they do half the time. I've read the API for jQuery which does help, but alas I am still confused.

Is it worth slowing down and spending more time trying to understand, or is this something that just begins to make more sense as you progress?

Right now I do not feel competent enough to write jQuery code on my own.

4 Answers

Kizzy Iz
Kizzy Iz
5,283 Points
Kizzy Iz
Kizzy Iz
5,283 Points

I was thinking about watching the "Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript" videos 1st, then go back to jQuery basics. After watching the mobile menu videos, I didn't feel like the JavaScript courses prepared me enough and I was confused too.

It just "seems" life the "Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript" may help...

Matthew Rigdon
Matthew Rigdon
8,223 Points

I will definitely try that video series! I have started to understand it more through practice. But yes, it definitely is confusing.

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAB466206F19DC039 here you go. phpacademy dude! Just watch all 200.

coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

um can you answer my question i asked before

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

http://amzn.to/1L4gAbA

Also look into jquery cookbooks.

Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh
1,148 Points
Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh
1,148 Points

Jquery can be confusing especially during this course . It's a good thing to slow down . I am on the last phase of this jquery course and it took me a while to reach here often pausing and rewinding.

Also I find the language in which the jquery API documentation too confusing so I often only scroll all the way down at the examples and see what they are doing . Just go slow and stick with it and maybe you can even use the w3 school reference guide for each jquery method.

coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

can you answer my question i asked before