Saturday, April 27, 2013

More Javascript, and then some

Now, on my quest for learning Javascript, and auxiliaries such as jQuery etcetera, I've come across a veritable foundry.

It's a website dedicated to the teaching of such languages and it is done so through an interactive online IDE which guides you as well as lets you practice along.

In the 'Learn' section are various languages. They include:
  • Web fundamentals
  • PHP
  • jQuery
  • Javascript
  • Python and
  • Ruby
Then there's 'Projects' and 'API's which lets you culminate your acquired knowledge into practical uses.

Each subject is broken down into chapters and keeps track of completion and so on. Which happens to be best part as learning on your own is hard enough, especially if you were to try and keep track of where you are instead of learning as much as you can.

On that note however, it is somewhat finnicky when trying to move backwards through the lessons to review something as there's no back button. You just have to drop down the lessons list and click the appropriate chapter.

Overall it's a boon for people who wish to learn new skills since their is very little to sacrifice. Just time and effort. Once you get upto speed then you can invest in heavy, expensive tomes or courses knowing what avenues exist and what your interests are. Tally ho.  
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