How long did it take you to finish the book eloquent javascript and how did it improve your coding skills

Question

Im currently going through eloquent javascript and its pretty hard (im on chapter 4 ).I just wanted to know how long it took you to finish the book and how much of a beginner were you as well as how the book improved toir skills.

Answer 1

Haven't read eloquent javascript but I have and continue to read a ton of books, and as a beginner myself, I can tell you from experience, you might feel a bit like an insane person, just reading and rereading, but one day the terminology and syntax in those books will start to click, and you'll laugh at how frustrated you used to get, then you'll set your sights on a new framework, or fold a new language into your skill set, and start the process all over again, but you won't mind, you'll know you've reached that milestone cause you stuck with it, and just kept reading, and rereading, and rereading

Answer 2

So how good are u in javascript now

Answer 3

I guess javascript is all over the place with the libraries ,frameworks and web side etc ...I see java as to hard or c++ it seems like a very steep learning curve not to say that javascript has a flat learning curve

Answer 4

i hope so ,an increse in skills would be great i guess i stick to learning data structures algorthims and the dom

Answer 5

Honestly, serviceable at best 😄

Me, I got bored with Javascript. You can do so much with it that the flexibility, along with front-end design stuff (which I love!) became a distraction, it's a real run-and-gun language if you ask me, and I was creating a lot of cool, fun, ugly (but functional!) code, so to anyone looking over my shoulder it seemed like I really had a handle on things, but from a developer/development standpoint I was all over the place.

My solution was to switch to Java, hit the books, learn to code with a less forgiving language and really understand OOP. It set me on a more structured path to becoming the kind of developer (read: employed) I want to be, so more inline with my goals, but with less distraction 😊

Answer 6

Javascript is great, and visually rewarding, so from the beginning you get immediate results and it creates a sort of feedback loop that drives you to keep coding, which is ultimately the goal. Just fiddling online with this silly SoloLearn app proves you got the drive. I say stick with the Javascript and circle back to this post in a few months, it'll put a smile on your face😊