Newbies in the Tech community are always asking the cliché question. “How long can i learn JavaScript” Google automation completes the question “Can i learn JavaScript in twodays”. This article is for the individual who wants to learn JavaScript within 1-3 days, welcome to intermittent fasting for JavaScript. I am here to tell you it is possible to learn JavaScript in one day. Don’t worry by the end of the day you would learn one thing which is “Java Scream”.

Oh you were expecting a shortcut from the errors in the consoles. It is impossible to learn, understand and make use of JavaScript in one day. However you can become a grandmaster in JavaScript if you scroll down a little bit.

Where do i start?

As a newbie developer, you don’t want to make the mistake of skipping a step just like the language you are about to learn. A lot of newbies make the mistake of learning a JavaScriptframework before learning JavaScript.

Learning the basic fundamentals of JavaScript is a key advantage before hopping to the next step of learning frameworks like Vue, Angular and React JavaScript.

Getting an In-Depth-Course

Getting an online Crash course for JavaScript on Udemy is a good choice,recommended also is the popular FreeCodecamp JavaScript course via their website or their YouTube channel just search “JavaScript crash course FreeCodecamp” it is a 4 hours course with tasks and also challenges for newbies to perform.

You can get courses from popular YouTube channels like Traversy Media, Jonas Schmedtmann, Amigoscode, JavaScript Mastery.

The first step is getting a detailed course about JavaScript to begin with.

How long do i complete the course?

Grasping JavaScript language and terminologies might take you time compared to HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) and CSS (Cascading Style sheets).

You would get frustrated and confused due to some errors that happensespecially when the code doesn’t perform to your will, this is the developer process, it is totally okay to take your time and rewind the course.

You can get books on JavaScript tohelp you in understanding the concepts better. Breaks are very important. You can’t complete a 4 hour crash course in exactly four hours. Doesn’t matter right?

How to Use JavaScript

Congratulations you have completed the JavaScript course. You know about functions, arrays, mapping, filtering, and manipulating the DOM (Document Object Model). Now the bigger question for newbies. What do I do with this information and terminologies to help me with my projects?

Take JavaScript challenges to help sharpen your skills. Building little projects, To-do-list, toggle buttons, calculator, counter app. From these projects you graduate into the bigger projects.

Console.Log(‘Final Words’)

You can see how it is impossible to learn JavaScript in a day, weeks,months, and even years because it’s a continuous language. It takes persistence, consistency and of course many errors showing in console.log.