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You never really learn javascript, you learn frameworks. I was a js developer about 7-8 years ago and dabbled with jQuery , dojo and the likes and then moved ov

You never really learn javascript, you learn frameworks. I was a js developer about 7-8 years ago and dabbled with jQuery , dojo and the likes and then moved over to backend and mobile development. I tried getting back into javascript again and realized that I just could not get in and start coding. There are a lot more frameworks now that I have to learn to get started and I'm sure that a few years down the line, these will become obsolete too.

MarsAscendant 8y ago
Interesting. I stopped touching frameworks on my second year in. It's the same problem I have with trying to develop within the constraints of someone else's work: I find it confusing and anxiety-inducing. I'd rather write my own stuff, unless I'm woefully unequipped to to begin with. (Cryptography, authentification, credit card handling...) I feel like I'd learned quite a bit of JavaScript, specifically – especially with the help of someone like Angus Croll [https://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/ https://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/]. I'm not that clever a JS developer – or a programmer, for that matter – so his `compose()` and `curry()` sound magical to me.