JakartaJS - How I Learn Javascript From Basic

HOW I LEARN
JAVASCRIPT FROM
BASIC
SHARE JAVASCRIPT LEARNING EXPERIENCE
BY IRFAN MAULANA
copyright © 2016 irfan maulana for jakartajs

About me
• Name : Irfan Maulana
• Work at Blibli.com as Software Development
Engineer
• Has been code Javascript for at least 3 years

Intro
• Are you developer before ?
• Are you new with Javascript ?
• Are you developer that want learn Javascript ?

Getting know JS
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic, untyped,
and interpreted programming language.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript)

JS popularity
Source : http://stackoverflow.com

Reason to love JS
• Its Free and (NO) need engine
• Simple and Easy to learn
• Lightweight and Fast to code
• Front & Back side coverage
• Third party library
• Growth community and docs

My stairway to JS
• I am Java Developer
• Spent all time in Java environment
• Project idle - helping frontend with JS
Framework
• Learning in hard way for getting know
JS
• At least 2 years until very familiar with
JS
• Quit job, and get new job by JS
experience

Why I learn JS ?
• Job responsibility, push me hard
learn
• I wanna be a “rockstar” when
doing my job
• JS is more young than Java
• I see big opportunity in JS
• Java developer with JS ability is
better

How I learn JS from Java ?
• It’s more easy If you have write some
code before
• I don’t think about variable types for first
• I don’t need to create protected, private
or public
• I start with define all my function globally
• I don’t need to think object oriented for
first
• Same with Java, just different syntax
(learn syntax)
• Learn back with javascript OOP

JS Nightmare
• There is no a good standard
for code convention in JS.
• It’s hard to read JS structure.
• Too much free role, like
same initialization, unsafe
type, free passing.
• Some browser support
limitation

My some little error
• Have no consistency in naming
file, structure, function,
variable
• Using == instead ===
• Not initialize variable with its
type
• Do logic without checking its
undefined or null
• Create global anonymous
function in un-relevant file
• Create un-reusable function
with almost same function
• Have not debug it

“Whatever your programming
language,
Good algorithms are always better
than super computers”

Here some of our problem in learning new
programming language…

#1 Not enough time
We don’t give time (and
sometimes the
motivation) to learn.
Good motivation will
lead you to spent more
time in learning.

#2 Give up
We always give up too
soon, without wanna
know if we can do it with
some little hard work in
the beginning.
All great people in your
environment is start with
hard work and hard
learning to be like now.

#3 Forgetting
We forget too quickly
about what we learn.
Repetitive learn if you
feel weak in
remembering anything.

#4 Same Mistake
Do some mistakes
in leaning are
normal,
but when make
same repetitive
mistake, this is a
serious problem.

#5 Lazy to refer
We are too lazy to
refer what we learn
into primary
sources that will
make us having
more good insight

#6 Don’t Practice
We sometime like to read
about technical concept,
tutorial or sample of
others work.
But thinking that we can
understand anything
without doing, practice,
or make some sample is a
wrong way.

My Cheat Sheet
• Read code regularly with rhythm
• Run through it everyday
• When found a problem, try to
solved it, loop trial and error
• Google it, see stackoverflow, ask
your close friend or mentor
• Put in note when you found a
diamond
• Focus in one problem at the time
• Share with other
• Never stop learning
• Don’t practice to hard

You Must Try in JS
• Learn Javascript basic (datatype,
function, loop, flow, etc)
• Get online courses
• Create your own code and learn to
debug
• Build something!
• Learning some library or framework
• Fix your knowledge for best practice
and high performance code
• Power up your skill

Here some of my weapons…

Learn basic concept,
syntax, and best practice
• Javascript For Cats :
- learn a very basic of javascript code for fresh
programmer
• You Don’t Know JS
- learn concept, syntax and best practice of
javascript
• JS Style Guide
- Javascript code convention
- standard to a good code

Javascript for Cats

You Don’t Know JS

JS Style Guide

Stackoverflow
• Forum Q&A for getting know problem solving from
other people that face the same problem.
• If you not found anything, you can make some
question.
• Usually You will get the answer in days.

Stackoverflow

Facebook Group
• You can free to ask in public forum about some
problem here even in bahasa.
• Fact, there are many a good developer that will
help you if your question is relevant.
• Don’t ever post un-relevant question here.
• You can found the answer just in minute.

Facebook Group

Toolkit
• Sublime or Jetbrain WebStorm (Javascript IDE)
• Firebug or Chrome Developer Console
• Angular Inspector, Sencha App Inspector
• JSON and XML formatter
• Postman
• Mobile and Tablet simulator
• Github
• Google Keep

“It’s never been easy to learn something
new, but there are no hard things to do
when you think you can do then you do
with your best”

If I can, You can

Q & A
• Feel free to ask

Source Article
• https://sivers.org/learn-js
• http://blog.learntoprogram.tv/five-resons-javascript-important-
programming-language-learn/
• http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/12/05/janki-method.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015#tech-super
• https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
• http://jsforcats.com/
• https://github.com/feross/standard/

Contact Me
• Email : mazipanneh@gmail.com
• Github : /mazipan
• Linkedin : /in/irfanmaulanamazipan
• Facebook : /mazipanneh
• Twitter : @Maz_Ipan

THANK YOU

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