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JavaScript

Posted by davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points

JavaScript track done, what's next for a Front End Developer?

I'm working on strengthening my Front End Development skills, especially JavaScript, especially now that most Front End Design/Dev positions are heavy on the JS (not just plugging in jQuery) but leaning towards MVC... Treehouse's JavaScript track gave me a good overview and foundation.. what's next? A framework? Backbone? Angular? What would be a good way to expand the JS skill set to the point that's now expected from a Front End leaning person.. Thanks for your responses in advance.

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James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Get some practice with a few of the beginner projects over at Learn Street.

Pick up your JavaScript learning from where you left off with appendTo's JavaScript 101 and MSDN's JavaScript for Absolute Beginners. These courses start from the same place as JavaScript Foundations, but they go a lot deeper, so watch the sections that weren't covered in JavaScript Foundations.

After that complete a few of the intermediate projects over at Learn Street

Build a project like a todo list or a photo gallery without using any plugins.

I'd say you want to stay away from frameworks like Backbone or Angular for a while (a few months) until you've got a good command of Vanilla JavaScript