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JavaScript

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<noob />
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Should i learn Node js or React first?

Which way is consider to be the best for a beginner? iā€™m in a point where i can learn of one those

4 Answers

Tineyi Chinhengo
Tineyi Chinhengo
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Tineyi Chinhengo
Tineyi Chinhengo
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I think to go for Introduction for JavaScript and its Basics as well as JavaScript Arrays, Loops and Objects is a wiser move., then you can now explore to your Node js and React.

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

i already know all of that

<noob />
<noob />
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<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

Brendan Whiting as i mentioned Should u first focus on React and then learn node js or the opposite

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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You need to be familiar with npm in order to work in React. So if you haven't already, I would suggest the npm basics course. Other than that, it's up to you. You don't need to know server side development with node in order to work in React. But your React app might want to talk to a backend at some point, and you could build that backend with Node.

Tineyi Chinhengo
Tineyi Chinhengo
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Tineyi Chinhengo
Tineyi Chinhengo
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You can start with React js then node js. Sometimes it can depends with you because React is a User Interface (UI) library, and Node js is for the server environment.

<noob />
<noob />
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<noob />
<noob />
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Brendan Whiting Should i first learn ajax and async javascript and then continue to learn node js and react?

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I can't tell you whether you should learn React or Node first. They are different paths and I can't make that decision for you. It's probably a good idea to learn the basics of both. You should learn async javascript regardless. You only need to know ajax if you're doing client side (React) code, but it's also worth learning the newer fetch API not just the older AJAX api.