Before Learning a JavaScript Framework...

In this video I will give my advice about learning a JavaScript front-end framework like React or Vue.

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[bishalsenhdri]

In our Generation, YouTube is The Largest University.
And BRAD is The Best Professor.

[joeyvico]

3 years ago I started learning from you. One year ago I got my first full-time job as a developer. God bless you Brad

[TraversyMedia]

Please understand this is just my personal opinion and advice. Take any video like this with a grain of salt..thanks for watching!!

[VyneMun]

Just what I needed keep them coming, thanks Brad
I just jumped into react when not ready and realised am way over my head and had to come back and learn more vanilla Javascript.
Frontend masters plus Brad's courses is the perfect combination

[rsteve]

Back in the mid 90's I was a fairly new Database Admin with a little Oracle and Sybase experience. I was kind of overwhelmed with everything because back then we were our own support and very little info on the web compared to today. I was told I had to learn DB2 (an IBM database) and I was super stressed because I was already at what I thought was my limit. A good friend and mentor told me this "An application is an application is an application. They may do things a little differently, and name things differently, BUT they all use the same fundamental processes to get things done (i.e. fetch, save, open, execute, update, queue, etc).

That Truth set me up for a great career. Once I dug into DB2 I found that my mentor's words were 100% accurate. From there I no longer worried about taking on new applications, languages, terms, etc. Turns out that Technology requires us to do just that as part of our lives and after decades of learning new technologies, we get better and faster at taking them on.

Kudos to Brad, I was in Management for years and got burnt out in the Corporate World so I turned back to Designing and Building. He's an excellent instructor and career counselor.

[anniediamondwebdesign]

I have to admit that if I have had tutors like you at uni in London, I would save so much time. Two years of master's degree did not give me so good knowing what I received from your movies for FREE, such comprehensive and condensed in a nutshell. MANY THANKS. You are like "manna from heaven"

[tributetopoetrylegends]

"They make drama for picking a freaking framework"
+1 to that!

[bhaaratsharma]

Brad you are like a spiritual technical guru. I always feel happy to hear to talking and learn from you. You are amazing and I really like your courses and the way you present them.

[mikevaleriano]

Yup. Absolutely based on preference.

I stuck with React because I can create my own ecosystem, instead of using CLIs.

Vue is interesting but I don't really enjoy inserting black magic into HTML tags.

Angular is also interesting, but I really don't want to sacrifice 126 goats every time I need to start a new project.

[RidiculousTech]

Eat->Sleep->Code->Repeat in the background :)

[Bebetter]

I have never seen a more honest YouTuber who teaches programming than him

[mahmud-ahsan]

Absolutely agree with you. For beginners it's more important to focus the core like knowing JavaScript very well. Today's framework may be tomorrows garbage, we really don't know that. Think framework likes a tool, if you know the fundamental concepts it will not take much time to learn a framework. But still if you really want to know the difference, then its better to learn the basic of your selected frameworks and compare which one you like most.

[jonbikaku]

Soo damn true! As a current undergrad I dove into Angular and React way before I should've. Not only you get confused with JavaScript, but you literally skip the best and most important parts of JS by jumping into a framework. But one good thing about jumping into frameworks early is that you can learn how to make web apps really fast. It wont be efficient code, but it will work. I learnt this the hard way by failing interviews...

[johndoggett]

From my own experience everything you stated in this video is 300% true. Its the reason why I went back to learn modern JS after failing to learn and understand React. The analogy you gave helped me btw. It made it easier to understand what redux is doing.

[KPOPYakuzaz]

Absolutely agree, in the end of the day these JavaScript frameworks are built on JavaScript and Browser Objects (History vs React Router). Having a good base knowledge is important

[busyrand]

Thank you for this. Just delving into this topic in a serious matter. This is right on time for me now. I'm starting with the most minimal Framework I've seen just because it hinges on writing vanilla JavaScript.

[abiodundacosta]

Thanks, Brad!.... the state analogy is perfectly understood. Like its a rule of thumb: explain with no-nonsense. Much love from Africa, Nigeria.

[fotiem.constant]

Thanks dude, before watching your video i was overwhelmed about the idea of learning a new framework. Spent days and nights searching which framework is best to learn and more rewarding like you said in the video, even went up to trying a couple of frameworks and found out that i still need to better-off my level in JavaScript. However i duly believe it's important for a Front-End developer to learn and master at least a framework, which was the main reason that pushed me to start learning one but i guess i was in a rush and i have to calm down and continue with JavaScript before any other thing.
thanks again for this video man.

[Oswee]

I am using vanilla Web Components to make native components and so i have 0 interest of any framework right now! Simple web components + Redux is just a amazing thing. You still are in native side of JavaScript and when i will feel that i could have some benefits from some framework, i can easy jump into that with all my pre-built component set.

[DzxZzz]

Man, I loved your analogy for state management. The example you 've used was so simple and funny that even a kid would have understood it, it certainly helped me understand a little better how state management works. It would be great if you could include more such analogies in your future tutorials and courses, for higher level explanations of difficult concepts. Keep going strong!