I was almost the exact opposite. I struggled so much with JavaScript and it wasn't fun to learn at all. I remember being so frustrated that anything I wanted to see on the screen felt like pulling teeth. Then when my school's curriculum switched to React it all started to click! And I was enjoying coding and learning again. And anytime I needed to inject pure javascript into my project, I had to go look it up, figure out how it works, and I learned a lot more thoroughly this way.
I can ABSOLUTELY see how learning JS first would be extremely beneficial. And those who can and do before taking on something like React are probably better developers than myself.
I didn't set out to learn React/JS in that order. I guess one thing I really learned about myself is if I am not enjoying the process good luck getting me to absorb any of the information!
I am actually really excited to go back to building apps/projects with plain old JavaScript now and improve my fundamentals even moreso.
Great article! I think all different POVs are valid and I love reading about others' experiences and insights!
That makes a lot of sense, James! Especially since the concepts we learn aren't always so evident when we're just learning them theoretically (as in JS first before anything else).
Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience!
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I was almost the exact opposite. I struggled so much with JavaScript and it wasn't fun to learn at all. I remember being so frustrated that anything I wanted to see on the screen felt like pulling teeth. Then when my school's curriculum switched to React it all started to click! And I was enjoying coding and learning again. And anytime I needed to inject pure javascript into my project, I had to go look it up, figure out how it works, and I learned a lot more thoroughly this way.
I can ABSOLUTELY see how learning JS first would be extremely beneficial. And those who can and do before taking on something like React are probably better developers than myself.
I didn't set out to learn React/JS in that order. I guess one thing I really learned about myself is if I am not enjoying the process good luck getting me to absorb any of the information!
I am actually really excited to go back to building apps/projects with plain old JavaScript now and improve my fundamentals even moreso.
Great article! I think all different POVs are valid and I love reading about others' experiences and insights!
That makes a lot of sense, James! Especially since the concepts we learn aren't always so evident when we're just learning them theoretically (as in JS first before anything else).
Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience!