Since I am interested in continuing the development of my coding abilities, I decided that the next language should be Javascript (or maybe jQuery?). Instead of researching for hours what would be the best method (book / video / website) for a beginner to learn Javascript, why not just ask people who are smarter than myself. The Twittersphere. I got some really great suggestions so far, and since a few friends asked me to share the results I thought I would just put it up here for people to view.
- JQuery For Designers
- DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith
- Java Script Live from SitePoint
- jQuery Fundamentals
- Mozilla Developer Network
- Javascript in Ten Minutes
Have any other sources? Add them in the comments.
If you’re more of a visual leaner, http://www.lynda.com has some good tutorial series on both JQuery and Javascript.
Also check out Javascript Koans… https://github.com/mrdavidlaing/javascript-koans “the goal of the Javascript koans is to teach you Javascript programming through testing”
You learn by fixing errors. It starts off with really simple problems and then gets harder as you progress.
Yaron Schoen
March 04, 2011Adam thanks for the link looks interesting.
Moudy that is a really cool idea! I will check it out over the weekend.
Let’s beef up our skills in this department together. I’ve been leaning on my very own Javascript Crutch for far too long now :)
How is “[removed] The Good Parts” *not* listed here?
It’s the single best way to learn the JavaScript fundamentals.
Just make something, when you get stuck, google your issue. Fix your issue.
Make something else… Repeat process.
p.s.
console.log(); -> this should help you troubleshoot most of your problems :)
Geert De Deckere
March 08, 2011Some good resources listed there, some of which I didn’t know yet. Thanks.
Also check out “Eloquent JavaScript” by Marijn Haverbeke.
I recently decided to to the same thing and for a few weeks I’ve been reading “[removed] The Definitive Guide”. Sure, it’s *very* thorough, but the individual bits easy to follow and really interesting. Highly recommended.
Im in the same boat and i found that nettuts has a really good video series called javascript from null (http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/javascript-from-null-video-series/). Another good series is addy osmani’s javascript 101 (http://addyosmani.com/blog/javascript-101-free-course/)
Blake
March 09, 2011some great resources here. I’ll definitely be adding some of these to my list. Here’s one I’ve only glanced at http://www.fincher.org/tips/Languages/javascript.shtml and let’s not forget http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp :)
@Moudy thx looks great
@Ben Cooper ditto your links!
First of let me just say am really digging the updated site and the little features you’ve added. Very neat.
I’ve been searching for this sort of info to help with my very poor knowledge of the language for quite sometime. Thanks for sharing.
As luck would have it, our team at Hashrocket just finished up a book club series on Javascript Patterns, which turned out to be a pretty good book. You can check out the recap here.
We’ve also covered [removed] The Good Parts a while back - the videos from that are here.
Brad C
March 04, 2011I saw your tweet and was really hoping you would post the responses, thanks.