Free Practical Courses on Basic JavaScript Programming

Hi, Habr!

We at Hexlet completed a full cycle of courses for PHP programmers and switched to the JavaScript stack. The first two courses of the new program are already available, and they are free!

The course " Basics of Programming " is an acquaintance with the world of development and the JavaScript language. The course is designed for beginners with no programming experience, but will be useful to many practicing programmers, because it covers topics like recursive and iterative processes, pure functions and side effects, automated tests and unit testing.
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In the course of 27 video lessons with tests and full practical tasks. You will get acquainted with the fundamental concepts and concepts of programming, learn to write simple programs, understand the errors that occur when you run and execute code, get experience with modules in JavaScript and get the necessary basis for moving to the next courses of the program "Profession JavaScript Programmer".

The next course - “ JavaScript: Getting Started ” is dedicated to installing and configuring the working environment necessary for convenient and productive programming in the JavaScript language. Installing and configuring the code editor and language interpreter, familiarity with the node and the system of modules (npm). Browse Babel, eslint and js in modern browsers.

Other updates

• Added additional practice after completing courses. But these tasks can be solved without taking the appropriate course. So far the most unsolvable problem (12% of the beginners were able to solve it) is the Prima Algorithm .
• Updated public profiles of students, here is an example of the profile of the active user
• Updated the dashboard (you need to be logged in), now you can see not only the current courses, but also the current practice and completed courses
• Added a job section for junior programmers

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