Mark Chavez

I’ve been learning JavaScript for the past few days and I found a reasonable article about the important things we should know as a JavaScript developer. I’ll be following this roadmap starting today.

1. Know the core language.

2. Understand async code.

• Callbacks and Promises
• Event Loop
• Async-Await
• RxJS

3. Be comfortable with at least one(1) set of dev tools.

• Understand stack traces
• Understand how to set and use breakpoints
• Use watch mode

4. Be proficient with JavaScript functions.

• Read JavaScript Allonge by Reginald Braithwaite

5. Be comfortable with basic design tasks.

• Read White Space Is Not Your Enemy
• Read Don’t Make Me Think

6. Have a basic understanding of networking and HTTP-based APIs.

7. Be comfortable with Node.js-based tooling.

• Babel
• ESLint
• TypeScript / Flow
• Webpack

8. Know how to use a framework.

• React
• Angular
• Ember
• Vue

9. Know the basics of JavaScript program performance.

• Learn how to debug slow processes

10. Have a process of learning new things.

• Join a mailing list
• Listen to podcasts

Happy reading!