Welcome!

First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Audrick, and I am a Javascript Instructor in Hacktiv8 Indonesia and also a remote Full Stack Developer. I have been coding since 2019, and I still have so much to learn. So without further ado let’s jump into today’s lesson!

So, from what you all may know already figure out, this is pretty much a blog for those of you who just started learning to code and are still confused what to learn, I will be guiding you for the next 30 days to learning Javascript, and who knows, maybe you can be a Javascript expert in no time!

Introduction

I’m guessing you might be asking, why Javascript? I mean, there’s Python, GoLang, C, Ruby and so much more…

Well, for a couple of reasons :

1. Javascript is versatile, and what I mean by that is unlike Haskell which only supports a single programming paradigm, Javascript supports multiple programming paradigms, so you will have no problems switching from any language onto Javascript.
2. Javascript is flexible. Unlike Java, variables in Javascript does not need its data type to be specified on every declaration.
3. It exists in all browsers, no need to compile.

For those of you still starting out, you might be wondering, what are programming paradigms? What are ‘variables’? What is compiling?

Paradigms

Well for starters, programming paradigms are a way to classify programming languages based on their features, more often referring to a specific way of writing code. Variables are basically a way of storing information and may be present in any form, for example, a name of a person is a variable, s number is also a variable, and so much more… But that’s for another time… Lastly, what is compiling? Well, browsers actually require code to run websites smoothly and lucky for us, most if not all browsers use Javascript. So if you use another language to make websites, you might have to convert the code into Javascript-like format so that the browser can use and operate on.

Summary

Well, this is really a heavy intro, right? Haha, I know it is, but here are a few reasons why I think Javascript is suitable for everyone, especially with its vast growth these past years.

I guess that’s all for now and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn or Twitter! Have a nice day!

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