What is the use of JavaScript?
JavaScript is normally used to create interactive web pages. JavaScript will run on your visitor's system and you will not be required to download it continuously on your website. As a result, the entire user experience will be faster and smoother. If you are a visitor to a site, you will notice that JavaScript is normally used to create quizzes or polls and anything else that will encourage visitor interaction. The main aim of using this program is to create an interaction between the site and the visitor and create an engagement that is not limited to just visiting the site.
Online learning resources:
Mozilla's JavaScript Guide,Codecademy's JavaScript track,Udacity's Intro to JavaScript course,The Odin Project.
jQuery
If you want to do web development, you need to put learning jQuery on your to-do list. jQuery has become one of the most central frameworks for JavaScript developers, as it greatly simplifies how to handle events, traverse HTML documents, invoke asynchronous calls, and initiate animated features in web pages. The framework masks differences in browsers, so developers don't have to create different sets of code for sites to function seamlessly across browsers.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is another strong foundational framework that focuses on mobile frontend control and structure. It contains pre-built templates for web presentation geared for devices as well as desktop browsers. It also contains powerful plugins for jQuery to help you prototype ideas quickly.
Jobs Tractor language trends analyzes many thousands of job postings on Twitter. The latest figures from September 2014:
- Java
- PHP
- SQL
- Java(android)
- . C#
- JavaScript
- Python
- Ruby
- C++
- Objective C
Codecademy.com
"Learning is fun" is the motto of Codecademy. You won't feel like you are learning some complex stuff here. It is just like playing games with your friends and having fun.
Currently, Codecademy offers hundreds of basic JavaScript lessons. Learning to code online has never been so accessible. It's a simple window in your browser with seemingly endless prompts. To motivate, Codecademy awards users with badges for completed lessons with the ability to share these badges across social networks. It keeps track of your total score, your lessons completed and trophy's earned. And it's free, unlike its sort of competitor Linda.com
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