Stuart
A really great intro to programming and a great place to start learning some JavaScript. Darren makes this book easy to read and get some great value from.
Learn to Code with JavaScript
5
average rating (8 votes)
Created by
Darren Jones
Published by
SitePoint
Last Updated
20 March 2021
Details
This easy-to-follow and fun guide is the perfect place to start on your coding journey. You’ll be learning to program with JavaScript—the most popular programming language on Earth—but the techniques that you’ll master will provide you with a foundation to go on and use in other languages, too.
Description
Do you want to learn to code? Perhaps you want to learn how to build the next social media sensation or blockbuster game? Or perhaps you just want to get some valuable coding experience under your belt? This easy-to-follow, practical, and fun guide is the perfect place to start on your coding journey. You’ll be learning to program with JavaScript—the most popular programming language on Earth—but the principles and techniques that you’ll master will provide you with a foundation to go on and use in many other languages, too.
You’ll learn:
- Programming basics, including data types, variables and more
- How to use logic to control the flow of a program
- How to use loops to repeat code over and over again
- How to write functions that can be used to store code in reusable blocks
- How to store data in collections such as arrays, sets and maps
- How to create objects that store properties and actions
- And much more!
Along the way, you’ll build a collection of fun applications, including games and interactive web pages. Start your coding journey here!
Creator
Darren Jones
Darren has enjoyed coding since learning how to program in BASIC on his first Acorn Electron computer. Since then, he’s taught himself Ruby and JavaScript and is the author of JavaScript: Novice to Ninja and Jump Start Sinatra. He also produced the Getting Started With Ruby video tutorials for SitePoint Premium and has written a number of articles on the SitePoint website. He was born in the city of Manchester in the UK, where he still lives, and he teaches Mathematics and Computing at a local high school.
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Reviews
cosmosmahama@yahoo.com
This book is one of kind, I admire the simple and succint manner Darren approached the subject of programming and demystified Javascript in particular. i recommend this book for all computer science student and all programmers in general
Vincent Ng
I enjoyed practicing numerous challenges in Darren's book. The examples are very detailed. I got to learn the basic concepts of Javascript in 16 chapters. I definitely recommend it as your first resource for vanilla JS.
Jan Mc Kell
This books is great. I am not feeling overwhelmed, and at the same time I am feeling like I am learning a lot in a short span of time. I love that there are actual code examples for everything..code that I can see, edit, play with and learn with by DOING! Great job Darren! Great job Sitepoint!
Tiaan
Very nice book, easy to read and follow..
Michael Oldacre
Direct and to the point with simple to understand concepts presented in an easy manner.
