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JavaScript

Posted by Sebastian Graus
Sebastian Graus
633 Points

Recommendations on learning HTML 5 / javascript animations

Hi,

I know the basics of HTML and CSS. I would like earn more about animation, and am wondering what language I should start with, and if Treehouse offers the courses.

For example I found out about Greensock, which I guess is a javascript platform. I am not that familiar with javascript - should I first start learning javascript, or what do you think is the best route to go?

Thank you very much!

James Ackerman
James Ackerman
14,099 Points

My opinion is to learn JavaScript before digging into GreenSock (GSAP). GSAP is wonderful, but it does its animation in JavaScript, so it would be really helpful to know JS first. If you're doing the front end web dev track, that should give you enough JS background to at least understand what is happening in GSAP's main.js file, or so I assume based on having watched a bit of their training videos.

I'm certainly not the be-all-end-all authority on that, so if others have input I'd certainly welcome it.

Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points

There's some good stuff on treehouse in the SVG module, IIRC.