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Web Developer Reading List: JavaScript Fundamentals

Starting on your first JS code, aand debugging it effectively

Once you've been introduced to JavaScript, it's time to start learning the fundamentals of the language.

There are many possible applications and development paths for JavaScript, but this reading list builds the language on the foundations of HTML and CSS, and assumes that you have a good working knowledge of both. Completing this reading list will allow you to start on your first pieces of code, debug code effectively, and understand the causes of errors when they occur.

Prerequisites: HTML & CSS

Estimated time: 2 hours

  1. Adding & Inserting Elements
  2. Removing Elements

Suggested Reading

Read page 50 and chapters 2 and 3 from JavaScript & JQuery, with the exception of pages 132 ~ 143 (math, dates and times will be discussed in another reading list).

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