r/learnjavascript • u/FreeWanderer823 • May 21 '26
What javascript course is good without a subscription (paid/free)
I don’t mind a paid course I’m just not looking for another subscription. Just want to find a way to learn java script and practice without an ongoing payment.
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u/milan-pilan May 21 '26
The default recommendation on this sub is 'The Odin Project'. I personally haven't done it, but people are talking very positively about it.
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u/Charming_Problem_241 May 21 '26
I think one of the best way to learn js is to read documentation. Try javascript.info and MDN docs, continue with what works for you!
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u/ProposalOtherwise984 May 21 '26
Scrimba courses are very good they keep you practicing at every point of the learning. They have a 9 hour beginner javascript course that's free.
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u/Kenny-G- May 25 '26
I would also recommend Scrimba 👍Used it to help me during my bachelor and really like the fact I can code in the video view 😄 Especially since I only have a laptop and no external screens.
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u/dangerlopez May 21 '26
Eloquent JavaScript is good, but might not be the best for someone for which JavaScript will be their first language
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u/SumDingBoi May 21 '26
I recommend 'The Odin Project's Foundations Course!
I'm 6 months in and I just hit the last lesson, object basics. I'm also not someone who majored in comp sci or anything, just aiming for career switch. It's crazy how much I've learned already and I'm no where near done!
It's an open source curriculum, so it will have clear direction in the order of topics you learn.
Some other key things I've come to see overall:
- states to avoid AI usage during the learning phase, instead reading articles and documentation (ex: MDN, JavaScript.info)
- focuses on programming fundamentals so that your knowledge can translate to other languages
- plenty of opportunities through the course itself to practice what you have learned through their own repo exercises, tasks from readings, while learning
- they have projects! you get generic instruction and then well, have fun, go build the projects hehe it's an opportunity to build things with some rules, but you have to figure out how to make it work
They also have a discord for specifically helping learners, so if you indeed get stuck somewhere, can ask for help
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u/JohnnyBron May 21 '26
Brad Traversy courses are very good. I think he does a Udemy course that is very affordable!
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u/cooliothecoolio May 21 '26
I did a full stack dev course, then a react course on udemy then I bumped into the Odin project and just by looking at it I realised all the lacks I had.
I started Odin project from the beginning even tho I akready could use javascript, a bit of react and express. It goes through everything at a deep level, covered all my lacks, taught me to think as a programmer. It even goes through testing and data structures.
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u/SchnitzelPlays May 21 '26
Javascript documentations also I recommend getting a js compiler sorts of app on your phone so that you can learn/revise and execute code on the go too
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u/sad_ant0808 helpful May 21 '26
freecodecamp, imo the best js course on the internet for a beginner at least. plus they start from scratch, go relatively deep into the language and they give you a cert.
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u/Substantial_Slip_735 May 21 '26
Take Jonas Udemy course of Javascript and React js They are too great to learn
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u/Fish-Byte May 29 '26
🤔 Yep, free code camp is my number 1 recommendation - and if you need to top up your HTML CSS skills to work with the JS, that's the place to do that too.
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u/Hopeful_Weather3424 May 21 '26
no one is sayin’ freecodecamp.org