

The learning curve can feel steeper, but the skills you learn will be much stickier.

Interactive learning by actually doing the coding is more effective for faster learning than lecture. I highly recommend projects in general as a way to learn to code: they’re more hands-on and can be more rewarding than watching a lecture or reading a textbook. They’re going to require a little bit more than copy-paste-enter, but when you do them, you’ll have a much greater feeling of satisfaction. These are fun, interesting, slightly challenging JavaScript projects for beginners. This guide is going to be what I wish I had when I started learning JavaScript.

Some just said, “You should try to make a blog with JavaScript!” but then didn’t actually offer any instructions. Some encouraged people to do the tic-tac-toe game, which is a little boring. I read a lot of articles on beginner projects for JavaScript and I don’t like them for various reasons. If you know JavaScript, you feel a little bit like you’re peeking behind the veil of the world wide web. It’s ubiquitous, so it’s not only good to learn how, but also kind of fun. But it’s one of the most highly sought-after programming languages, with one of the highest salaries. He has a degree in computer science, and first worked for a nonprofit doing everything from front end web development, to backend programming, to database and server management.JavaScript is one of those things that you use one thousand times every single day, probably without even realizing it. Richard is a Course Developer with a passion for teaching. Richard Kalehoff Software Engineer at Udacity.He first discovered his passion for teaching as an instructor at App Academy, and continues to enjoy empowering students to advance their education. Andrew Wong Developer Advocate at AdyenĪndrew is a Course Developer who enjoys making the world a better place through code.An advocate for continued learning, she is passionate about mentoring women and students in technology. Rachel is a front end web developer at Acquia and spent 3 years as the curriculum developer for a Silicon Beach bootcamp. Rachel Manning Front End Developer at Acquia.With a degree in International Communications, her passion is to express thoughts well, whether in code or writing.

