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What Do We Do Next??? Need direction on Javascript in general...
So, I’ve finished all the lessons in the Javascript course and I feel that I’ve really only learned syntax and organizing the logic in javascript. What comes next? Why isn’t there another course? Everything I’ve learned has been interesting, but I feel like I didn’t get anywhere and have no direction. Any suggestions on where to go from here will be appreciated.
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My advice:
If you are into Web Site development -
- Build a basic site
- Add a carousel slider (hand coded by you)
- Create a filter for a portfolio page
If you are into We App development-
- Create a ToDo App (This has been over done.. but for good reason)
- Try to recreate things that you see done in JS
- Explore JSON and AJAX so you can start playing with real world content from twitter, flickr etc..
Stay on JS, really get it before looking at JQuery.
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Here’s a similar question/answer from the Web Fundamentals section that you might be interested in reading: http://www.codecademy.com/forum_questions/5197db9bbcd2bf5947004ed3
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It depends on what your goals are. If you want to continue upping your javascript game then check out javascriptissexy. I’m personally digging into D3, a data viz framework that uses js in an attempt to apply what I’ve learned here.
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The right answer for you will depend on what your interests are,
You could try using JavaScript to solve some of the Project Euler problems. These will let you apply what you have learned here and you’ll probably find yourself searching the net for some new command syntax.
You could go through the exercises in one of the other tracks here.
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Thank you AlbionsRefuge. I was a math major, so I think the Project Euler problems will be interesting/motivating.
No thats wrong booo bad answer. Go look up more java script courses online you havn’t learned anything yet…. TRUST ME i just found that out.
How about you learn canvas, yeesh!
Here’s a new page with more JavaScript things for you to try: http://www.codecademy.com/groups/advanced-javascript-coders/discussions/51f552c38c1ccc9c1c008c6d
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Forget web development. Download Unity3D and make a kickass game!
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Just did so now! Thanks for the info on the software! Being a gamer all my life; this should be interesting.
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Answer 5226795f80ff330a840009fe
You might want to try Google Apps Scripts. You can get some “real world” experience with Javascript this way: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/
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No, dont go this route yet. If you are into web site development. Build your static site and try to add something like a carousel (hand coded by you). Or a nice portfolio filter. Try to recreate some other features. Then have a look at JQuery. If you are into Web Apps, try the over done ToDo app. See MVCToDo. But try it on your own.
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http://www.codecademy.com/de/courses/javascript-beginner-en-d0Mp0/0/1 try these after I had finished the js track and monkeyed with a few non-track courses I stumbled upon this series of lessons which I found to be extremely challenging and helpful. really helps teach you to use your brain and research to figure stuff out.
Also I found Danny Goodman’s JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook to be wonderfully insightful as it gives actual solutions to common problems that you can work along with and use to improve your code.
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Thank you for Danny Goodman’s JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook suggestion. Great book.
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if you wanna go for web development path, you should really check the book JavaScript for professional web developer. Read it along with the MDZ JavaScript reference, you will have a really great understanding of javascript, which can help web development a lot, especially if you want to use javascript tools to build the entire web app. This course is more like a taste of JavaScript.
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Maybe I’m too much of a beginner, but none of these responses make sense to me. Can anyone walk me through a beginner’s introduction of where to put code to make it do things? (Sorry to talk like a five year old, but I feel like you think I should understand the back end of computers better than I actually do.)
- When I’m not in Codeacademy, where do I write code? Let’s say I want to build a website. Or, hell, an app. Both cases. I get there are probably a million options, but if you were writing a new lesson for Code Academy, where would you tell a beginner to go to practice what they’ve learned?
- After I write the code (for a website… app… whatever), how do I make it show up to anyone other than myself?
I’m crushed because these are the questions I thought I’d learn the answers to at the end of this slog. And it was a slog. I loved it, but I’ve never found a beginner site that walks me through the practical next steps as cleanly as these vocab lessons did. Everything’s either too advanced techspeak or so high level that it explains the history of the internet (also not helpful).
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teamtreehouse.com offers a lot about this and offer a free two week trial which is more than enough time to decide whether it is right for you. http://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website
This thread is really old, but this question would be a good one to bring up over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Codecademy
This question is only a few weeks old; admittedly it should have been its own question, but even so, it deserves an answer to both parts.
Firefox actually has a place in the browser console for javascript writing.
Hit CTRL+SHIFT+K. If using Chrome, hit CTRL+SHIFT+J.Codecademy has a place called Codebits where you can show off bits of code. If you want to, however, stick it on a rudimentary website, then it goes in the HTML between .
Programmers and students may whine at both answers, but for average guys like you and me, this is an answer that’s a good place to start.
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http://www.htmldog.com/guides/javascript/intermediate/
I guess start looking for intermediate level tasks now
Where could i find a good tutorial on building carousels and filters for portfolio pages? The like that guides you but doesn’t hand everything to you.