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JavaScript

Posted by Jason Welsh
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Jason Welsh
Treehouse Project Reviewer

How many of you regularly go through MDN and/or other JS learning resources?

I was just wondering how many of you learning JS regularly use MDN and/or other learning resources. I find myself using Treehouse as my main education, but then expand into things like codeacademy. For some reason I find it difficult to concentrate at MDN.

1 Answer

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eck
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As someone who use JavaScript professionally, I probably got on MDN at least 3 or 4 times a week. It is a great source if you have a very clear idea of what it is you need more information about.

When I was very new to JS I also felt MDN was hard to follow. I was continually exposed to MDN, however, as it was often a top Google result for my queries concerning JS.

Now I am very comfortable finding what I need from there.

Outside of MDN, reading documentation for JS libraries I use happens quite a bit. Then there is also reading articles and blogs.

Jason Welsh
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Jason Welsh
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Thanks. What is your opinion of the w3schools site?

eck
eck
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Um, I think w3schools can be okay. It can be good if you want to see examples. It is not an official resource, however, and has been known for having outdated content and bad practices.

You can see a small discussion on that here.

That said, I have not run into issues with the site that I can recall, but I do not really use it anymore.