Hi Voat,
I'd really like to learn javascript so I can end up writing my own code to host an online store instead of relying on prebuilt sites (like Yahoo Store), or a coder who would build it for me, at a very expensive cost.
Can you guys recommend anything? Or better yet, anything from experience? I assume it's true that I should stick to newer books?
Any additional advice will be greatly appreciated.
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[–] cool_and_froody 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Honestly it's a lot of work for little reward. Just use the prebuilt options until / if you make enough profit to hire a code monkey. Programming massively sucks and if you're starting a business selling online you have better uses for your time and money
[–] 1moar 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Code Academy, while a bit lame, is a good footing to get started if you have no experience with coding. Newer books, learning how to set up your environment are also important.
Many will scoff at the CA recommendation, but I don't know your skill level so it's a start. Just jump in and do. Google is also your friend. Any experience with html/css?
[–] howthefuckdoicode [S] ago (edited ago)
I have gone through a good bit of CodeAcademy, although I see no harm in revisiting it. I did find it a bit frustrating how some elements wouldn't work though.
I've worked a bit on the html and css side of things, although I'm still at the point where I may have to google a handful of things, or I'm not aware of their full potential.
[–] jrusselljones ago
When you find out let me know! I am so bad at it (and I work in the industry)
[–] pangaea ago
You can probably do a lot of what you need with things like bootstrap without knowing a lot of JS and just learning a little as you go/as needed. That's how I would do it.