Why Can’t I Learn JavaScript?

4 reasons it’s so damned hard.

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For both newbie developers and veterans crossing over from another language, learning JavaScript is an uphill battle.

Don’t be fooled by the lies. It takes time, effort, and monumental resilience on your part to push past its brutal starting gates and get to the point where you can build something of value.

But it’s worth it. It’s a powerful, flexible language that can make you a lot of money. And it’s been, and will continue to be, a persistent fixture of the internet. So learning it is of long-term value for you and those that depend on you.

Here are four of the most challenging stumbling blocks to learn JavaScript and how to overcome them.

1. Nightmare Syntax

The first JavaScript hurdle you need to overcome is its nightmare syntax. Some languages are smothered in Syntactic Sugar and are elegantly constructed so they are as humanly readable as possible.

And then there’s JavaScript:

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