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I have been badly taught Java at university (not sure if the course sucked, or I did, but I am a blunder) and have just found myself drawn into the JS world. I

I have been badly taught Java at university (not sure if the course sucked, or I did, but I am a blunder) and have just found myself drawn into the JS world. I really enjoy the concepts of OO, but I feel like my knowledge is very shallow. Is it good if I rebuild my foundation on JS? I feel like JS is a bit, uh, messy.

rubicon33 9y ago
Do yourself a favor (if you want to be a web developer): Understand JavaScript deeply. Write your applications in TypeScript.
Roboprog 9y ago
It’s a bit dated, but read “JavaScript, The Good Parts”. Also, check out the Ramda.js library, which brings quite a few good functional programming (FP) techniques to JS. Function scope is good. Closures are good. Higher order functions are good. Partial function application is good :-) Warning: if you get too used to FP style programming in JS, Java will feel quite painful afterward.
felideon 9y ago
Eloquent JavaScript is probably what you are looking for: http://eloquentjavascript.net http://eloquentjavascript.net