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JavaScript Introducing JavaScript Let's Make a Game Welcome to Programming

Baishali Chetia
Baishali Chetia
1,149 Points
Posted by Baishali Chetia
Baishali Chetia
1,149 Points

will this course in JS help me learn to build a hybrid social media app?

Hello! I am new to programming. I have some basic knowledge of HTML and CSS and I intend to learn Java Script so that I can build a hybrid social media app. I plan to build the app in two months. This course seems to be more focused in developing games using JS. I would like to be sure if this course will also provide me with all the knowledge in JS that I could use in building a social media app. Also, is there any other JS course here in Treehouse which which will better suit my needs?

Tomas Svojanovsky
Tomas Svojanovsky
26,680 Points

Hello. The first thing you need to know about programming: It is not only about writing a code. You need to know more than that.

3 Answers

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points
Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Howdy!

You need more than one course to be able to build a social media app. You need to know how to handle Security, how to create the backend and so on. It seems like a lot to learn, but if you go one step at a time you will manage to learn it really soon. JavaScript is really useful if you want to build any web application. You can try the Beginner JavaScript track which will take you through the basics.

Good luck and keep working towards your goal!

Andrei Duhanes
Andrei Duhanes
14,155 Points
Andrei Duhanes
Andrei Duhanes
14,155 Points

Interesting question. . . Either you are extremely smart and you will learn at a lighting speed all you need to know to build such a project in 2 months or you are very naive and you will get disappointed in 2 months. Either way, I wish you good luck with it. If you want to create something like that with JavaScript start learning the basics, and the advanced before moving on to Angular 4 / React, NodeJs, MongoDb etc...

Lilly Piri
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Lilly Piri
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,468 Points
Lilly Piri
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Lilly Piri
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,468 Points

You could do the free trial of the Full Stack JS Techdegree and see if that suits your needs. I think you would need a lot of different skills to be able to build this. Good luck!