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u/jellatin · 4 pointsr/javascript

This is kind of a side-answer, but it looks like you are just compiling a list of things that are super popular at the moment.

> React.js with Flux seems more hot than all other frameworks

What concerns me is that you seem to not be concerned with what is the best framework for your project(s), but rather what is "hot".

For a long-term career I would recommend focusing on improving your understanding of concepts and theory that these ever-changing tools are built on rather than trying to chase what people think is cool.

The people who spent time learning JavaScript rather than simply "mastering" jQuery were in a significantly better position when client-side frameworks came out because they knew the underlying concepts.

If you haven't mastered these things yet, I think they have more value than most of the list of specific tools I see listed:

Eloquent JavaScript & JavaScript: The Good Parts - Master the ins & outs of the language
Understand common design patterns - New frameworks are going to be building with these components, what better way to have a jump on the "next big thing" than by understanding the blocks that it's built with?
Functional Programming - React (and to a lesser extent Angular) are increasingly utilizing this paradigm and it is a jumping off point for more advanced techniques like Reactive Programming that lets you leverage an incredible amount of power especially in the big data space.

u/orlybg · 2 pointsr/learnjavascript

Great, I've been wanting to join the previous groups, hope I can follow now, I am a backend developer with a serious front-end disfunction hehe, and I need it badly for my current project, we use lots of backbone.

Do you have a planned roadmap for the 8 weeks that I missed, or you will post weekly plans?

I've been wanting to dig into FP, what are your thoughts on the http://www.amazon.com/Functional-JavaScript-Introducing-Programming-Underscore-js/dp/1449360726 book? would it be a good mix for this course?

PS. I've tried to finish the good parts, I never can. Also I bought the javascript ninja book, but I never started it...

Thanks!

u/aeflash · 2 pointsr/javascript

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