Should I Learn jQuery or JavaScript First?

Should I Learn jQuery or JavaScript first?

JavaScript is considered the programming language on which the internet is built.

That's why I've heard so many recommendations for learning it. And I've heard I need to learn jQuery.

jQuery relies on JavaScript, so learning JavaScript improves your jQuery coding.

I thought they were two separate animals.

jQuery is a set of JavaScript libraries. Learning jQuery without knowing JavaScript is like learning MS Access queries without bothering with the rest of the Microsoft Office suite.

One reason not to learn it would be efficiency, because I'd save time. The other is the pay, since employers seeking jQuery experts pay more.

You would not be very effective if you didn't understand the whole foundation of jQuery, which is JavaScript.

JavaScript is used for web interfaces.

jQuery is used to perform common scripting functions of JavaScript while using less code, via the jQuery libraries.

You can do everything jQuery does in Javascript but with more code. That makes jQuery sound better.

jQuery works well enough for most web development projects, and it is rare you have to use JavaScript.

However, using just Javascript slows down the project because it takes so long to code. So I'd rather learn the language I'll just be using.

Learning JavaScript helps you learn the Document Object Model your jQuery projects will use.

I heard that JavaScript is not as good at creating universally readable web pages.

That's only because some JavaScript programmers did a bad job creating websites that were cross-compatible with all the major types of browsers.

Less code in jQuery means faster debugging of a project.

If you know JavaScript, you can debug older apps and re-code them in jQuery. And many companies pay a lot of money to those who can migrate their obsolete software applications.

I could bring in a JavaScript expert for the few things jQuery can't do.

Or you could spend a weekend learning JavaScript and put two programming languages on your resume.

[Henry_GamesX]

Javascript and JQuery are the same thing. Asking should you learn Javascript or Jquery first is like asking should I eat this whole apple or a slice of this apple first.

[sandeepvk]

I am learning to build apps (both mobile/Web) which I will then sell on app stores. I want to build a company in the future to do so. I have already invested in Treehouse and learned basics of python, swift, Javascript, SQL and HTML>CSS. Now I want to dig deeper - in an area where I start connecting the dots. Build a page connect it to a server, record data in a database. I want to DIY in the app world in short. What should I LEARN ???

[Norie]

So how do you learn a programming language in a weekend?

[elysianfury]

woke up, and said "hmm I don't remember putting on a world of warcraft documentary..." then I got out of bed and checked where I was on the youtube playlist... and it was running as an AD. A FORTY FIVE MINUTE AD. this has never happened before. it's the end of sleeping to youtube playlists

[northcalstar]

@ Norie92 how bout studying your ass off? I learned php in a week and i'm under the "slow development" category, so it can't be impossible

[youssef]

the moment when u realize they have no necks or

[zoecarlibur]

i find these videos very amusing and helpful too

[Zrokool]

that guy up in the left hand corner at 2:20 seems kinda shady...like he's doing something illegal.. =D

[SamAndrew]

Come on now, you can't learn JS in a single weekend! Get real...

[dylandavenport]

these characters freak me the fuck out lol. got no arms like rayman