Wondering how to learn JavaScript on your own? There are plenty of JavaScript tutorials and resources on Envato Tuts+ and its YouTube channel.
What Is JavaScript?
JavaScript is a dynamic scripting language used by both front- and back-end web developers. It is the backbone of the web. If you want to program for the web, you need to know some JavaScript.
What Is JavaScript Used For?
JavaScript is used for both front- and back-end development.
Interactive Web Pages
JavaScript lets you add interactive experiences to web pages. It is great for dynamically updating content, controlling multimedia, creating animation, or validating user data.
Web Apps
A web app or a "single-page application" is an integrated app within a web page. Think Facebook or Twitter. For single-page applications, you'll probably use a framework like React, Angular, or Vue.
REST APIs and Back-Ends
You can use JavaScript to create REST APIs and web servers of all types. For back-end JavaScript, you'll use a platform like Node or Deno and a library like Express.
Games
JavaScript is used to create 2D and 3D games for the browser, mobile, or desktop. If you want to create JavaScript games, check out some of the JavaScript game frameworks like Melon or Phaser.
Mobile Apps
Thanks to mobile frameworks like React Native and Ionic, you can even use JavaScript to create native-like mobile apps.
Virtual Reality
A-Frame is a popular JavaScript framework for building virtual reality. You can write applications for devices like Oculus Rift using JavaScript.
Learn JavaScript With Free Online Courses
The best way to get started learning JavaScript is with a free course from Envato Tuts+.
Learn Vanilla JavaScript With Online Tutorials
Learn to Code With JavaScript
What does it mean to think like a programmer? These tutorials will reinforce what you've learned in the courses above and give you more tools.
Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 1, The Basics
Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 2, Conditionals
Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 3, Loops
Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 4, Functions
Building Apps With Vanilla JavaScript
After learning all fundamentals of JavaScript, you need to practice constantly. These tutorials will show you how to use pure or vanilla JavaScript to create different applications and interfaces.
How To Build a Simple Carousel With Vanilla JavaScript (14 Lines of Code!)
Build a Simple Weather App With Vanilla JavaScript
How to Build a JavaScript Countdown Timer
What is the DOM API (and How is it Used to Write JavaScript for the Web)?
How to Create a Sortable HTML Table with JavaScript
How to Build a Simple Full-Screen Slideshow With Vanilla JavaScript
More Practice Tutorials With Vanilla JavaScript
Implement vanilla JavaScript for common website tasks:
How to Implement Pagination with Vanilla JavaScript
How to Implement a “Load More” Button With Vanilla JavaScript
How to Animate on Scroll With Vanilla JavaScript
How to Implement Infinite Scrolling With JavaScript
How to Generate Random Background Colors With JavaScript
JavaScript Form Validation (Practical Tutorial)
Useful JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks
Coding applications from scratch is time-consuming and repetitive. JavaScript has a massive ecosystem of libraries, frameworks, tools, package managers, and new languages that compile down to JavaScript.
These free articles and tutorials will introduce you to some of the best.
Awesome JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks You Should Know About
Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Table Libraries
Best Free JavaScript Chart Libraries
8 Best Free and Open-Source Drawing Libraries in JavaScript
8 Best Free JavaScript Graph Visualization Libraries
The 8 Best Free Data Visualization Libraries for JavaScript in 2023
8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Game Engines and Libraries
Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Animation Libraries
If you want to go the way of building your own JavaScript library, this practical tutorial on how to build your first one:
Learn JavaScript Frameworks—React, Angular, and Vue
If you want to code single-page apps—web apps—you'll probably want to use a front-end framework like React, Angular, or Vue. These are very popular technologies, and experience with them is sought-after by employers.
These Envato Tuts+ tutorials will help you learn how to use frameworks like Angular and Vue:
Beginner's Guide to Angular: HTTP
Beginner's Guide to Angular: Components
Beginner's Guide to Angular: Services
Beginner's Guide to Angular: Routing
Creating Your First Angular App: Basics
Angular vs. React: 7 Key Features Compared
Create Modern Vue Apps Using Create-Vue and Vite
Boost Your Vue.js Workflow With Vue CLI 3
Tutorials for Learning jQuery
When jQuery appeared, it changed the game for web development. It's not the most modern library any more, but it's still very popular and worth learning for simple web programming.
These tutorials will help you learn and understand more about jQuery:
What Is jQuery?
Essential Cheat Sheet: Convert jQuery to JavaScript
10 Ways to Instantly Increase Your jQuery Performance
Creating a Keyboard With CSS and jQuery
Create a JavaScript AJAX Post Request: With and Without jQuery
How to Enable or Disable a Button With JavaScript: jQuery vs. Vanilla
Easy Form Validation With jQuery
How to Build a Simple jQuery Slider
TypeScript: JavaScript With Types
One of the limitations and strengths of JavaScript is that it is untyped. This makes coding more straightforward in some respects, but also makes the language more prone to bugs—especially as an application grows larger and more complex.
To respond to this lack, the TypeScript language was developed to add types to JavaScript. In fact, TypeScript is the preferred language for coding Angular apps, and it can be used anywhere JavaScript is used.
What Is Node.js?
JavaScript started out as a language for the web browser, but eventually it was ported to the server too. This makes it easier to code full-stack apps—with the same language on the client and server, it is easier to understand the code and reuse it when appropriate.
Node.js is a major framework for modern web development and makes it easy to create high-performance, real-time web applications. It allows JavaScript to be used end to end, both on the server and in the web browser.
Learning Server-Side JavaScript With Node.js
Build Web Applications Using Node.js
Code Your First API With Node.js and Express: Set Up the Server
Bulk Import a CSV File Into MongoDB Using Mongoose With Node.js
Site Authentication in Node.js: User Signup and Login
How to Make a Real-Time Sports Application Using Node.js
JavaScript Plugins and Templates
CodeCanyon, Envato Elements, and ThemeForest are fantastic sources for JavaScript plugins and templates. They can help you save time, cut down on development costs, and deliver projects on time.
Conclusion
Good luck with learning JavaScript! These resources will help you learn all the fundamentals and advanced concepts of this awesome programming language. The secret to growing as a developer and gaining experience is to be hands-on. So keep learning and practising. Don't forget to have fun!
