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JavaScript

KASHYAP KRISHNA GURUPRASAD
KASHYAP KRISHNA GURUPRASAD
4,527 Points

JavaScript: Need your input

Hi All,

My aim is to become an intermediate going to be a master in Web/Front End technologies/languages and obviously JavaScript, because JS is the fuel/lubricant for the web.

Let me be more clear here,

Currently, interested in...

  1. Having "Sound knowledge" in JavaScript with Good understanding of the language.
  2. Ability to create and maintain a Decent Website of my own.(with understanding the Web technologies), Showcase, what i know about Javascript using few framwworks. Not something Fancy( ).
  3. Not be left behind in Web of all things.
  4. Use what i have learnt alongside JAVA, Python etc. Since, i have worked on JAVA, and DO NOT KNOW Web technologies, i would want to harness Web using Java as well.

Not Interested RIGHT NOW

  1. Not interested in Creating logos and be very obsessive about choosing the right color to create a page etc.

However, i had come across the JS language very early on in my career, Struggled like in Hell, i stayed away from JavaScript since, 10 years, while i had picked up Java. Now, in 2018 year, HTML and CSS features RULE the Web for the most part. i mean every aspect of life nowadays is NodeJS,AngulaJS, React etc (i know only these three :) ).

Reluctantly, i picked up Javascript Course on TreeHouse, Treehouse is a "Breath of Fresh Air". Man, i wish i had taken the decision to enroll myself to treehouse long back.

As suggested by you guys(Please see all the way down to this question),during my trial period, i just skimmed through Landscape of JavaScript and NodeJS and i was onboard. As suggested by you guys, i have taken up "Begining Javascript" and am just short of 2 courses to complete the track. I know that this is just the scratch of the surface of Javascript. I see that there are lots of individual library videos on javascript.

Now, i see that there are many Libraries and Tracks for knowing HTML, CSS and Javascript. What i want from you is to " show me the RIGHT path" (for a person who is coming back to JS and wants to understand the possibilities) so that i can calmly experience JavaScript, HTML and CSS. i.e after completing the "What ever you guys suggest"(because, am sure you guys would have faced the same dilemma as am facing now), i should be able to pick up React/Angular or any new thing which JS world brings in to existence.

Hence, please let me know your suggesions about, "What courses to be picked up , to achieve my AIM" "what to be done next?"

Should i complete all the Library Courses on Javascript? such as practices and JQuery etc Should i take up a new track, which follows up after "Begining JavaScript" Track.

Eagerly waiting on your inputs.

Yours Truly, Krishna

My Previous Question https://teamtreehouse.com/community/prerequisite-for-this-course

1 Answer

Hudson Kim
Hudson Kim
2,965 Points

Hey Krishna, Becoming a front-end developer is a great choice. To answer your question though, I think you should start the front-end web development course because it skims through all the basics of web creation such as HTML, CSS, and js to help complete 2. on your AIM. For 4. I recommend the Java web development course if you want to incorporate some of your past java knowledge into your web developments. From there you can continue your js knowledge with the Full Stack Javascript. This should help you keep up to speed in today's ever-changing web development.

Hope this helps, Hudson