I found a book called “A Smarter Way To Learn Javascript” and it was exactly what I needed to get over the beginner roadblock and have things start clicking.
It breaks the concepts down into very short chapters, then each chapter has an interactive quiz that takes about 10-15 minutes, going over what you just learned and gradually increasing in difficulty from “complete this short line of code” questions to eventually “write the whole code block by yourself.”
It puts the emphasis on getting your hands on the keyboard and building muscle memory and confidence, as opposed to hitting you with dry theory out of the gate.
I moved on to more advanced books from there, but starting with that one really helped me get up and running quick.
Gloria Asuquo is a Developer Advocate🥑 and Front-end developer. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of open source, web development and encourages the adoption of tech as a career.
They’re probably a little outdated now, but these are the books I used:
Javascript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development (don’t recommend, lots of typos and code errors)
Javascript: Novice to Ninja (do recommend, although there may be better books out there)
I also went through the Frontend Masters curriculum, and EdX CS50.
These days I would recommend checking out Scrimba. I’m using it to learn React, but the quality and ease of learning is phenomenal. I’ve tried a lot of different learning tools and nothing even comes close to it (in my opinion). Wish it had been around years ago when I was starting out.
Gloria Asuquo is a Developer Advocate🥑 and Front-end developer. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of open source, web development and encourages the adoption of tech as a career.
I found a book called “A Smarter Way To Learn Javascript” and it was exactly what I needed to get over the beginner roadblock and have things start clicking.
It breaks the concepts down into very short chapters, then each chapter has an interactive quiz that takes about 10-15 minutes, going over what you just learned and gradually increasing in difficulty from “complete this short line of code” questions to eventually “write the whole code block by yourself.”
It puts the emphasis on getting your hands on the keyboard and building muscle memory and confidence, as opposed to hitting you with dry theory out of the gate.
I moved on to more advanced books from there, but starting with that one really helped me get up and running quick.
Wow.... Thank you so much for this Chris. I'm getting the book right away
Just got it, hope you have gotten yours🤓
Thanks Chris for the suggestion
Which more advanced books do you recommend?
They’re probably a little outdated now, but these are the books I used:
I also went through the Frontend Masters curriculum, and EdX CS50.
These days I would recommend checking out Scrimba. I’m using it to learn React, but the quality and ease of learning is phenomenal. I’ve tried a lot of different learning tools and nothing even comes close to it (in my opinion). Wish it had been around years ago when I was starting out.
Thanks for the information. But could you mention this book for me please?
I have to check this one, thanks for sharing ;)
You're welcome