The struggle with JavaScript is real!

[noxmaraba]

JavaScript is way more confusing than Responsive web design.
Anyone else struggling with Java or is it just me?

Link to the challenge:

freeCodeCamp.org

[kevinSmith]

First of all, just to be clear, Java and JavaScript are not the same thing. They are at best siblings, both descending from the C language. The old saying that “Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet” may be a bit of an exaggeration, but still… The “Java” in “JavaScript” has more to do with marketing than anything else.

But yeah, JS is much harder than HTML and CSS. Those were basically just scripting languages, whereas JS is a “real” programming language.

So yeah, everyone struggles with it. Just keep at it. And remind yourself that it’s a good think that it’s so difficult - that’s why it pays well.

[noxmaraba]

Thank you for the clarification , much appreciated! I am just trying to learn as much as I go!

[jwilkins.oboe]

Hi @noxmaraba !

@noxmaraba

is it just me?

Nope, it is not just you.

I am little bit discouraged

Hello campers. I’m really struggling with JS such as ES6, algorithms and concept of JS. So I decided to take a break from fcc JS and learn JS from other resources and planning to come back to fcc JS after I am ready. Is fcc JS hard or am i cannot learn js? I am bit discouraged. What are the good resources on JS? w3school Js is good? Does CS50 course of harvard could be the good background of Js? And what other resources can u guys recommend ? thank you.

I think I'm gonna quit

I’m learning Javascript on FCC and I’m currently on the "Intermediate Algorithm section ". I have been trying to solve the challenges on this section, but I haven’t been able to solve them correctly on my own without having to check out the hints. Despite the rich resource of information from websites like w3schools and MDN on topics such as the list of an object’s methods, how to use them and so on, I have tried to combine and test my code, but my own code and logic doesn’t seem to be workin…

Javascript is really hard

Well its not that its really hard but the “advanced” concepts that combine multiple lessons such as creating a function to push an array and shift an item to the front of it is really confusing. I’ve been on this single lesson for like the past hour or two and its still not clicking with me. The biggest mental block for me is that I don’t understand how I’m going to apply any of this knowledge to designing a webpage or otherwise, because at this stage it seems like a convoluted way of coding mat…

Confusion with javascript

I am very confused with javascript i can not do anything even in hours. How can i solve my problem.i already study basic but it makes me crazy.

Just take your time.
It is not a race.
With practice and time the concepts will start to make sense.

[noxmaraba]

thank you for this!! this just helped me boost my confidence <3

[ArielLeslie]

@kevinSmith

The old saying that “Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet” may be a bit of an exaggeration, but still…

I like “Java is to JavaScript as ham is to hamburger”.

[thepannu786]

i am on the same boat but I keep going … we got this. you got this.

[noxmaraba]

Thank you, and for sure WE GOT THIS

[tuscannypolk]

Not just a ‘you’ thing. Cant tell you how many times I thought about quitting because my code didnt work, only to find out hours later that it wasn’t running right because I literally missed a comma in a switch statement or a semicolon in a function

Javascript demands that not only do you need to know what youre doing, but you must do it with precision. Totally unforgiving.

But I can see that im making progress.