I Asked Twitter How To Master JavaScript and Got 250+ Answers

Lessons from the Twitter tech community

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Twitter is one of the great communities for programmers. You can get so much free knowledge there if you know where to look. A few days ago, I asked Twitter what the best strategy for getting good at JavaScript was. To my surprise, I got over 250 answers.

Here are the most common and best answers from Twitter with my comments to help you get most of the learning process.

Practice

Do you know this old joke? A man goes to New York for a concert but gets lost. He spots an old man and asks. “Sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” The old guy smiles and says, “Practice, practice, practice.”

The practice was the most common answer to my question. And it’s correct; you can’t achieve anything meaningful without lots of practice. But it’s also not the complete answer — practice is close to useless when it’s not quality practice.

How do you practice in a meaningful, deliberate way? First, you should focus on doing things, not learning theory. You can read all the books in…