There are plenty of tutorials, books and videos to learn JavaScript but I as JavaScript developer could not find a place to categories them based on learner level and purpose. For example w3schools tutorials for JavaScript are great but they are rough and flat list of topics without defining which topic is appropriate for which level of developers. To address this issue I am going to write 3 guidelines for 3 different level of developers to tell them what topic they should learn in each level.
This is for junior developers who are not familiar with programming or have experience in programming but not with javascript. In next posts I will write for mid-level and senior developers. Topics As I said before each level of developers need different level of deepening into JavaScript. For example you as junior developer do not need to know about object oriented best practices in JavaScript. You just need to learn these topics: Topic Details Introduction to JavaScript history and features usages and applications syntax and keywords popular compilers evolution from ES3 and ES5 to ES6 Data Types and Variables variables numbers and Operators strings and its methods booleans dates and its methods undefined and null Arrays creating arrays getting and setting elements in arrays arrays methods Objects creating objects getting and setting values in objects combining arrays and objects Conditionals and Loops if, if...else and chaining if...else while and for loops Functions creating functions calling functions passing arguments into functions returning value from functions delaying code calling code multiple times Document Object Model (DOM) HTML Hierarchy DOM elements DOM events DOM methods DOM navigation References So that we know what to learn it is time to find references. I have listed some useful staffs here for junior javascript developer: JavaScript for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming: A great book to start javascript for beginners. It is divided topic in right order from easy to hard with runnable samples in chrome. A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript: This books and its exercise are enough practical and tangible for everyone to start javascript programming in a fun way. JavaScript Tutorial by w3schools: It looks like a reference book for you if you forget a method name or its signature. Conclusion Learning javascript is a journey from basic button click response in a HTML documents to large scale web applications. You should know where you are and based on try to learn right skills and techniques. They are what I am trying to share with you in a series of posts that it is the first one for Juniors. Please follow my future posts for mid-level and senior developers. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-internals mailing list dev-tech-js-engine-internals@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-internals
