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Completed Javascript Codecacademy Course, Now What?

I know all the basics of Javascript after going through this course, but I still don't really see how it intertwines with HTML and CSS. I already know HTML and CSS, but I would like to learn more about using Javascript with it to add transitions and such.

Any Website or Book Recommendations (that actually teach you with HTML and not just complete Java basics)?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Learn JQuery.

    Doing cool stuff with an HTML document using raw JavaScript is a tedious pain in the neck.

    With JQuery, doing cool stuff is much more funner ;-)

    JQuery is just a library written in JavaScript...you still need to know the stuff you learned about JavaScript. You just get to do more funner things with it with *way* fewer* lines of code.

    Start at the JQuery site (first link), then go to the learning center (second link).

    ETA: Leary JQuery was supposed to be Learn JQuery. Fixed.

  • There are literally 1000's of free online tutorials for JS on the other side of a Google, however, I've always found the best way to learn it is to play with it yourself. Experiment with any one of the many JS library's or frameworks and by following the documentation and then go and play with the code and reverse engineer everything. Now that you understand the basics, this will mean you should be able to understand the JS your reading.

    I haven't taken any online courses and I managed to teach myself JS by playing about with libraries such as Prototype, script.aculo.us, MooTools and jQuery. It's incredibly easy when you see how things work on their own without any other code getting in the way.

    When you've done this for a while and you feel confident you can add your own JS to a website, go and find a few HTML templates that use JS and explore how people are using it in their websites. If you play around with their code, you'll probably break a few things and learning to fix them again is a great way to learn. This trial and error, real world method is by far the quickest way to learn JS in my opinion and if ever you come across something you don't understand, just Google it and you will find an explanation.

    This is exactly the same way I taught myself HTML/CSS and php as well as JS and I now feel confident enough to write my own code.

    Hope this helps

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Software Engineer, Information Technology Expert, Information Systems Analyst

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Do everythings else, on codecademy you can join groups that talk about this stuff. Take another course, revisit and revise everything?

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