For a while now I’ve been aware that the one major gap in my knowledge is all things Javascript. Yeah, I’ve edited the odd script to do what I want but it’s usually been more trial and error than actually having a clue. Well, not any more!
This amazing series of screencasts turned out to be exactly what I needed. jQuery for Absolute Beginners is exactly that. At no point did I feel that the host assumed a higher standard of knowledge from me, which tends to be a problem when trying to find tutorials on a new subject, and he even based episodes on questions from past commenters who were confused about something or had a specific example they wanted to duplicate.
Best of all each episode is short and to the point, so you won’t feel overloaded with new knowledge. I did the first 8 in one day and then played around a bit on my own to let things sink in, but you could do the whole series at once or an episode a day depending on how you prefer to learn.
After the first few episodes I was able to understand and modify a downloaded jQuery plugin that had seemed like gibberish earlier that day, and I’m a slow learner. The series is a few months old as I write this, so I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on the author’s website (though it’s apparently not updated very often). I can honestly say I’ve never found a tutorial on this subject that was explained so clearly and by someone so patient, and I’d definitely recommend these to anyone who wants to dip a toe into the confusing world of this jQuery we’ve been hearing so much about.
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