Learning JavaScript?

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I've got a friend who wants to learn J.S - just for fun I think.

Are there any good resources?
#website design #javascript #learning
  • Ahem... Teach the friend to use the search engines!
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    • Very productive response!

      What a great suggestion - instead of asking a knowledegable bunch of web developers for their tried and tested resources, I'll instead suggest he uses Google, with blind faith, to get bombarded with sales copy about why each tutorial site believes they are the best.
  • He can learn it on www.w3schools.com
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    • When I took a class in college I spent more time here then I did in the text book. Excellent recourse!
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  • Learning something new is scary. For me, the biggest issue with picking up a new skill is that I don’t know what I don’t know. Given that, it’s often useful to find a plan for learning whatever you’re interested in. That’s what this post is: your blueprint, your roadmap, your plan of action for learning JavaScript! You don’t have to worry about finding the best resources, sorting out the bad ones, and figuring out what to learn next. It’s all here. Just follow it, step by step.

    Assignment 0: Understand what JavaScript Is and Isn’t
    Assignment 1: Work Through the Courses at Codecademy.com
    Assignment 2: appendTo’s Screencasts
    Assignment 3: Read A Good JavaScript Introduction
    Assignment 4: Install and Learn Firebug (or the Developer Tools)
    Assignment 5: Read a Book
    Assignment 6: Build Something!
    Assignment 7: Begin Learning a JavaScript Library
    Assignment 8: Keep up with the Masters
  • windso0 might be referring to this superb article, might be exactly what your friend needs:

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/the-best-way-to-learn-javascript/
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    • I believe W3Schoolsdotcom would be one of the better online resource where you can learn about html, javascript, css and jquery.
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  • You should start learning from w3school. it is a good resource for beginners, If you are familiar with html and css then great, otherwise you have to learn these things first. and finally focus to do practicals. try to do experiments with JavaScript and try to solve JavaScript problems. I think this way you can learn better.
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    • according to most of the people i also suggest you that you should go to the w3school. i also use this site. this site is good for beginner.PHp, html,mysql all kind of programming languages are available here.
  • You should visit w3school or dynamicdrive.com
    Advance, you can try jquery.com
  • A good way, at least for me before is reading the eBook by Rockable, Getting Good at JavaScript. I'll post a link later.
  • It's a great ebook -- short and concise -- doesn't go around the bush.

    You can practically learn the basics and intermediate levels quickly and start programming through it.
    Rockable -- Getting Good at JavaScript
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