I have good knowledge of HTML and CSS and wants to learn javascript. There are number of books and website to learn. But I can’t understand where to to start and how to start. I have sitepoint’s jumpStart javascript book. But I can’t found it useful for beginner. I am frustrate searching about javascript and learning sources. Please help me. Since I have zero knowledge about javascript, Is it there any website or book which guides me properly ??
Probably not the answer you want.
Create some sort of fantasy project.
you will have to learn programming.
I learned javaScript in the olden days and shunned jQuery.
Now everything I do is jQuery.
I have a solid background in PHP and jQuery was a stretch.
In your fantasy project start adding features you want.
This is a site I am working on and a complete learning experience. I did not know how to do anything. Google was my only friend.
I knew very little about jQuery when I took this on.
Site: http://fycyachts.com/
Click on all builders, select a brand and then click search at the bottom. (you can select more than one builder).
jQuery Magic.
There are price and length sliders to narrow down your search results.
jQuery Magic.
Click on a yacht, notice the sidebar follows you with contact information.
jQuery Magic.
Click on “view yacht specs”.
jQuery Magic.
Scroll down and click an image.
I wrote the entire slideshow from scratch.
My client does not know it but this is my first jQuery website, he kept asking for things and I also wanted cool things to happen.
I have the sitepoint book jQuery novice to ninja but no time to read it, .
I went from know nothing to ninja because I had a cocky attitude and got paid.
I learned everything from google searches and saying, I can do that.
You will learn loops, if and else if statements, ajax (PHP required).
Programming is very abstract but once you get it, the sky is the limit.
Rock on.
Biggest thing is googling and then getting the right buzz words for what you want to do.
example,
“jquery make div stay in viewport”
When I started this I had no idea there was “viewport”.
Bing, lightbulb, fully mobile responsive website.
Just say you can do it and you will learn fast.
That’s what I did, from what is jQuery? to a full blow website.
Also learn how to make functions and call them.
You send data (vars) to functions and the function returns the results.
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If you like Videos and Hands On combined and don’t mind paying a little, you should look into Code School. They offer the first ones free, so give those a shot before paying.
I cant afford this course. Is there any better alternative (free).
Buddy, if you want to get good study material then you have to invest in the courses. For me, self paced video tutorials are always the best learning sources.
As @TobiasYeomans suggested, this course would be a good starting point for you - https://learnable.com/courses/javascript-programming-for-the-web-40
Not sure if this helps you but thought to share so that you can get something useful out it.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/JavaScript
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2F00FI3R87v0wD6gCm3SqQ
Happy Learning !!
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I recently bought myself a book from amazon which teaches javascript and jquery really well to beginners. I would recommend it.
It does cost £16 though.
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