JavaScript is essential to learn if you want to be a front end developer. Wesbos is one of the most popular teachers of JavaScript in the world. He is also a self-taught developer and you can read his interview with tips on learning to code here.
Why take this course?
You'll learn the fundamentals of JavaScript. On the job, most companies will require you to learn a modern library or framework like React, Angular or Vue. However, to properly understand these you need to learn how to use JavaScript properly instead of diving into things like React.
Lots of employers will ask you questions on plain JavaScript to see if you properly know the underlying concept of modern tools like React. So you really want to make sure you know your stuff when you are looking for your entry level developer job
Who takes courses by Wesbos?
A big fan of Wesbos courses is Harry Dry, the founder of Marketing Examples, a very well respected website thats provides easy to digest marketing lessons. Harry made the site after learning to code from Wesbos courses. Harry was also able to apply what he learned to make a dating website for Kanye West fans!
What will I learn?
You'll learn how to make the following projects:
- a face detection app
- an audio visualization display
- an image gallery
- etch-a-sketch
- a dad joke fetcher using an API
- a recipe search tool
How much does this course cost?
There are two options.
For $82 you get 36 HD video modules you can stream
For $97 you get 88 HD video modules you can download (this version also includes more advanced topics like Promises, Async + Await, Data Types and Ajax)