{"id":14501,"date":"2011-12-13T12:07:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14501"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:02:33","slug":"codeacademy-the-online-easy-way-to-learn-javascript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/12\/codeacademy-the-online-easy-way-to-learn-javascript\/","title":{"rendered":"Codecademy: The online, easy way to learn JavaScript"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you have always wanted to learn programming, but never taken a course and found most online tutorials too confusing, Codecademy<\/a> is a great way to start. The lessons are quick, simple, and don’t require anything other than a browser. You can sign in, or do them anonymously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programming is one of those things that seems like fun, but also seems overwhelming. There are tons of sites<\/a> out there (Cplusplus.com<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, etc) and all are excellent resources, but few offer a really good “starting point.” Codecademy simply prompts you with an in-browser console box and text editor, and explains each object and how it interacts with other objects. Having just taken Java in college, I found it quite easy to transfer my knowledge to JavaScript, but there are tons of hints and explanations for the beginner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not only does it introduce you to the basics of variables, math and arrays, it teaches you how objects interact (name.length, <\/em> for example) and lets you play with if, else, and all sorts of fun logic tests and loops. Once you get a fairly firm grasp on these concepts, programming in general should make a lot more sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you’re done with the tutorials, check out the Oracle Java Tutorials<\/a>, and grab Eclipse<\/a> to play around a bit more. If you’re looking for a good book, I’d recommend Thinking With Java [PDF]<\/a>, which gives you excellent tutorials and explanations of how the Java programming language works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite online programming resource? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hat tip to the folks of #whitenoise who pointed this out!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Source: Codeacademy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Confused by coding? Codecademy’s here to help! Interactive lessons explain variables, loops, & logic in bite-sized chunks. Master JavaScript, then explore Java & beyond. All you need is a browser, so start building your coding skills today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141,275],"tags":[104,2631,2632,646,2633],"class_list":["post-14501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-noiseclass","tag-how-to","tag-java","tag-programming","tag-spotlight","tag-tutorials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/codeacademy.png?fit=1022%2C363&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelghY-3LT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14501"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23135,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14501\/revisions\/23135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}