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Getting Started With JavaScript

Why JavaScript?

JavaScript is everywhere. JavaScript is "the language of the browser", and Node.js has quickly become one of the most popular server side programming languages.

Free Resources

[Exercism.io] - Complete and get feedback on exercises in over 50 languages, including JavaScript! Each exercise is a full little project with unit testing already set up, and the students solve the problems by writing code that makes the tests pass.

Free Code Camp - A site that walks students through different areas of JavaScript development.

Paid Resources

Egghead.io - Video courses about many different programming languages and platforms with an emphasis on JavaScript.

Books

  • Eloquent JavaScript

Things To Build

  • A website! Try a popular front-end framework like React, Angular, or Vue.

  • A backend server with Express.js that returns "Hello, World!"

  • A server that communicates with a database.

  • A server that can be called via REST api.