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If I were to restart JavaScript again from scratch then I will follow this roadmap.

Every time I work in a new JavaScript framework I learn a bit more about JavaScript Fundamentals.

Every time I work in a new JavaScript framework I learn a bit more about JavaScript Fundamentals.

If I were to restart Javascript again from scratch then I will follow this roadmap.

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— Ankur💻🎧💪 (@TheAnkurTyagi) October 6, 2021

If I were to restart Javascript again from scratch then I will follow this roadmap.

It is worth noting that as a beginner in the subject, much of the learner’s interest lies in the hands of the tutor.

An inefficient tutor can pretty quickly lead to the learner losing interest in the subject.

This can have implications for your career growth.

JavaScript basic steps:

  • What is JavaScript?
  • Declaring JavaScript Variables: var, let, and const
  • Basic math in JavaScript — Numbers and operators
  • JavaScript syntax
  • ES6 let VS const variables
  • Arrays, Data Types, Strings
  • Conditionals & Looping code
  • Object basics
  • this
  • Objects and Classes
  • Functions & Scope
  • Functions — Reusable blocks of code
  • Function return values
  • Arrow Functions
  • Reference vs. Copy
  • Inheritance in JavaScript
  • Working with JSON data
  • JavaScript Dates
  • JavaScript Timers
  • DOM & Events
  • Asynchronous JavaScript From Callbacks to Promises, to Async/Await.
  • JavaScript Event Loop
  • UI Events
  • Forms, controls
  • Document and resource loading

Advanced Topics:

  • Functional Programming in JS
  • Advanced Working With Functions
  • Closures
  • Regular Expressions
  • Unicode in JS
  • Object prototypes
  • Storing data in the browser
  • ES6 Modules
  • Object building practice

What many JavaScript students make mistake is that they keep on reading JavaScript tutorials one by one, and do not implement any of them.

Time to build more projects:

A Simple and Effective Way to Learn and Practice JavaScript:

JavaScript runs over the web today, no doubt & for every front-end developer, no matter if already experienced or at the start of your career.

Frameworks come and go, but JavaScript will stay Forever.

Projects You Can Build With Vanilla JavaScript.

If you are going for your next interview then I encourage you to check my blog where I shared

12 Common JavaScript Questions I Used to Ask in Interviews:

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Noor Baloch

I love this article. wpdigitalservices.com

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Lluís Josep Martínez

You're totally right. Studying a CS degree to end up building JS crap is a waste of time. The CS degree allows you to design a language from scratch and ditch JS.

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z2lai

I think you got too many "fundamentals" in your list. The fundamental concepts that need "understanding" in order to develop anything should be pass-by-reference vs pass-by-value, lexical scope, execution context (hoisting and this), and asynchronous JS/event loop. The rest of your list is just learning syntax or working with specific APIs which you can learn about when you need to use it.

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johnnymccodes

TYYYYYYYYPE

SCRIIIIIIIIIIIIPT

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Steve Huckle

clickbait article

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Lluís Josep Martínez

As many others.

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Francis.B

To be honest this is the exact road map most programming languages will take you through.. as you get involve in more and complex javascript applications or projects, you will learn to apply different aspects of javascript you will need to resolve design and architectural flow of the project. In my opinion after learning and understand how javascript works and interact with html, css and etc. I will suggest that you learn modular, class and prototype patterns very well before diving into frameworks.

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Tarun Sharma

LMAO 🤣 this guy peter... 💀Man livin' 90's

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nghialv

Why don't you mention TypeScript dude ?

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damilola jerugba

My roadmap to JavaScript was so weird, I knew Python then a learnt ReactJS 🤡, as time went by I became well versed in JavaScript and now have a job writing it.

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damilola jerugba

😂😂😂😂 this comment section is filled with people that have no idea what abstraction is.

I get it’s painful to see that you spent thousands of dollars on a degree and people only watching a $10 course and reads some dev articles is considered on the same playing fields as you… but commooonn a degree is just a sheet of paper to try and prove that you have knowledge on something, it doesn’t automatically mean you truly have knowledge on that subject 🙂.

Self taught or not, even you with a degree most of your knowledge is gotten from you reading personally.

So please stop the gate keeping and reduce the toxicity. ✨🌈

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johnnymccodes

abstraction is when you just use typescript, right?

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damilola jerugba

Hehehe, just went to your profile you really love typescript, and nah abstraction isn’t just typescript

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