Learning JavaScript in 2022

It's JavaScript everywhere, trust me :)

Hi everyone, I hope the tech community is doing extremely well and are constantly learning and growing each day. We are already in process of bidding farewell to January in 2022.

One thing that keeps developers in a constant worry is learning the next big hit technology that will enable them to more opportunities. And why they shouldn't be as the tech industry is evolving continuosly. How about taking a leap of faith in JavaScript and solidify our portfolio even more, :).

JavaScript is known to be a fun language and at the same time pretty powerful too. And with great power comes great responsibility. Without any further aideu, Let's talk about the language then.

JavaScript is not Java for the Web, period.

Back in the 90s, few people used to associate JavaScript as Java for the Web because Java was the most buzzed-about programming language. JavaScript initially started out as Mocha, then became LiveScript and then became JavaScript.

JavaScript has evolved tremendously post ES6.

The present look and feel of the language is not what it was prior to 2015. The language had to undergo major changes post ES6 revision. And to become a succcessful JavaScript Developer one should adopt the latest JavaScript standards. However there is still support for legacy code but going forward we should make it a point to stick to latest features only. I put emphasis on this because folks might look to online courses which might be outdated and then learn bad practices from them which is not the correct way to learn and grow as a JavaScript developer. Please note that I am not demeaning any of the course creators here, they are doing their job by utmost honesty and it really becomes hard to keep up the existing pace of the courses with latest releases to the language.

Best courses for JavaScript

There are plenty of courses that can get you up and running with JavaScript initially.

Some of my best beginner recommendations could be :

  1. The Complete JavaScript Course
  2. JavaScript - The Complete Guide 2022 (Beginner + Advanced)
  3. The Odin Project

These three resources are an awesome lot. It wouldn't matter whichever you pick they will do their justice.

Also one thing to be kept in mind is that we shouldn't blindly be in rush to complete the courses asap rather focus on devoting just 1 hour everyday and this can make you a better JavaScript developer over the long run. The aim of these courses is to enable you to get started with the language and once you are good with the basic handholding you should start experimenting, breaking and building stuff in practice. This is how real learning happens. And Rome wasn't built in one day, right ? :)

So, with this, I'd like to conclude my blog here. Hope you enjoyed reading this short and crisp blog.

Stay tuned for more ! See you soon ! :)