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JavaScript

Posted by Constance Merritt
Constance Merritt
6,936 Points

JavaScript Resources

I think I'm mostly grasping the materials in the Loops and Arrays modules, but I'm having trouble with the challenges where they give you a problem and you have to figure out how to approach it and arrange the codes.

Does anyone have suggestions of resources or techniques to improve this skill: ways to practice, websites, blogs, books?

Thanks for your help.

1 Answer

Joseph Szoke
Joseph Szoke
15,087 Points

W3 schools is pretty good at going in depth regarding the basics. I think what really helped me was seeing code written by experienced developers. I would use js plugins and examine their code. I would try and reverse engineer how they were making everything work. I would also try to customize it in order to understand jquery and JavaScript better.

The saying is to never stop coding but it's true. I've been at it for over a year now and I realize every day how much more I have to and want to learn. Things will click and the stuff you think is hard now will be easy. I am still constantly googling things because someone has had the same questions you have.

Constance Merritt
Constance Merritt
6,936 Points

Thanks so much for the resource, advice, and encouragement, I really appreciate it.