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JavaScript

Posted by Josh Reynolds
Josh Reynolds
10,734 Points

jQuery Basics course.. a flop? New Content?

So, I've done a fair few Javascript courses along with other topics on Treehouse and haven't ever been disappointed by the delivery and content. The JS topics that Dave teaches are very well laid out, explained and have great examples and simple follow along procedures. However this jQuery Basics course I feel is extremely disjointed, messy, hard to follow and very poorly delivered. The constant jumping back and forth between the API and his own code, explaining something, then deleting it then re-writing sections and his examples I thought were very hard to follow and whilst teaching some of the basics well - nothing taking away from his skills or anything I just believe compared to the majority of other offerings, this is very far off the benchmark.

Anyone else feel the same? Who would like to see new jQuery courses?

Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points

Hi Josh,

I have similar perceptions of the course. However, I will note that Andrew's style and structure is near perfect in other courses. For example, see https://teamtreehouse.com/library/objectoriented-javascript

I think new JQuery course would be nice. But, I actually would prefer more plain javascript courses. Nothing against jQuery, I just think it's not needed. If your interested, check out these resources:

http://vanilla-js.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://blog.garstasio.com/you-dont-need-jquery/

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

It's probably personal preference, to some extent. I actually quite enjoyed the jQuery Basics course, because it provided me with good foundations to build upon. Each project offered many different ways to improve upon it after completing the section, which is a great match to my learning style.

Examples:

Adding navigation functionality to the lightbox so that you can cycle through the images without closing the overlay.

Adding the ability to save snapshots of your painting in the drawing program.

Adding additional password requirements, such as capital letters or symbol characters.

I can understand how it might be difficult to follow the first time, but I find working on the challenges, and sometimes re-watching the videos really helps cement the lessons.

I'm glad that you have enjoyed the your previous javascript lessons, and I hope that you will find future courses equally helpful. If you have any questions about content covered in the jQuery Basics courses, please feel free to ask and I will do my best to clarify. Happy future coding!