Learning JavaScript: 9 Common Mistakes

Learning JavaScript: 9 Common Mistakes

A lot of people try to learn JavaScript and then give up. Then they tell themselves things like, “JavaScript is too confusing,” or worse, “Maybe I’m not cut out for web development.”

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It can be tempting to look for all the information you can get before you start learning JavaScript. If you look, you’ll find information about how JavaScript is the best thing ever or the worst thing ever, or that you need to be on this framework or that framework. You might also hear that you need to write JavaScript a certain way or else you’ll never be a “real” developer.

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JavaScript frameworks are built on top of vanilla JavaScript, so if you understand JavaScript, you automatically understand the fundamentals of how to use any JavaScript framework.

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People who are just starting with JavaScript often say something like “I’ll just code a quick little social network,” not realizing the extent of what’s involved. When the project proves difficult, they give up on JavaScript altogether.

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