Is Full stack Javascript right for me?

"Full Stack JavaScript" Techdegree will give the the most flexibility. Front-end development only covers part of todays website standards. The "mean stack" is the future of web development. In addition, I think Treehouse should add a Techdegree for UI Development (focus on Angular Material).

Hey, I know this discussion is old but for someone who's been battling with what technology I should focus on and put my time - I was exactly where you were. This field is so daunting because there's so many choices and you want to make sure you make the right choice especially if you're going to put your finances into it.

So - as someone who's been working in industry and just graduating from college in IT - I would stick with JS especially if front-end is your bread and butter. The loops and all the logic never made sense to me until I really started building things for other people and assignments in class. A big lesson I learned was speed and efficiency for both the application and development. If this is a task you can do over and over again - there's a good chance you can use a loop for it. For example - you could use a loop to dynamically display images to an image gallery if you use NODE.JS to access a folder and then use the relative paths to create custom image objects for display purposes. I'm building my wedding website and a website for our engagement photographer and that's what I'm using that for. This way when ever a new image is added - I can use a loop with a set limit (Like a for loop) to display a certain amount of images.

Also - JS is where a lot of money is right now for technologies. I've studied both web development, back-end programming, and mobile development in both JAVA and SWIFT and the fact that NODE and REACT can create mobile apps, back end apps, and front end apps is amazing.

TL;DR - If you aren't sure where to start with this or keep going - study full stack JavaScript because the possibilities are endless and where the industry is going - you'll be in high demand and there's a lot of money to be made in this field.

Cheers!

Hey Morgan,

I agree on what Brendan is saying. The Frontend-Track gives you a solid understanding of the things some modern frameworks are mostly doing for you. Assuming you know a little about html and if you aim to build (web-)Apps - e.g. for presenting your cinema 4d animations - than take a look at the "css-basics-" "css-selectors-" and "bootstrap-"courses, and you should have the most tools you'll need in addition to your javascript-fullstack Techdegree, to start building good looking sites.

And yes, loops, arrays, basic functions, and all that stuff can be pretty boring at the beginning. But, you have to learn this concepts just once. In other languages this concepts are pretty much the same and later having understand this, will save you a lot of time. Its like learning to cycle. First you think "omg, why would i use this clumsy thing instead of just run round a few corners?". But after running around corners for 3h or so, you wish you would had taken this not-so-clumsy-now-bike.

I would say, stick with it for just a little longer, and you 'll see it will go were you want it to go. =)