Nerd Tools: A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript
As I mentioned in my first post, I’m going to be discussing a mix of tools I am using to learn “hard” skills like coding, while also discussing the tools I’ll be using to nurture “soft” skills, like creativity. **Full disclosure: All opinions are honest, unpaid for, and completely mine. If there is ever a sponsored post, I will make sure to let you know.**
Today I want to talk about this book I love and which a ton of you have probably heard about, A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript by Mark Myers. The Smarter Way series teaches different web skills like HTML and CSS, and JQuery.
Although the JavaScript book is the only one I have experience with, I absolutely love it! Each chapter is short and digestible while managing to teach a concept pretty thoroughly (at least for a beginner like me!) Prior to using this book (which I have used on and off for the past three months or so) I learned JavaScript through a series of makeshift tutorials and books. This book has done something which other books haven’t done for me-- hammer JS syntax into my skull. Now I place curly braces and semi-colons in the correct places with ease.
If you’re new to JS, definitely get this book. It’s a tool for your arsenal you won’t regret.
