Do you think someone could take this course knowing javascript but not java?
I’ve been doing data structures for with javascript in order to learn the concepts it’s pretty decent but sometimes challenging. Overall i’m learning though
I am considering backtracking to learn java just to be able to fully follow along and for my professional development. But personally i’m a freelancer and may not ever need java for java except maybe i can qualify for new jobs.
Hi,
There may be slightly different ways to use patterns in different languages.
But overall as long as the language is not too different you should be fine.
Cheers.
Hi, there are books out describing design patterns for javascript. But I recommend to learn Java, because most of the literature describes design patterns in Java. So this might be bad news in the first place, but everything regarding testing, architecture and design is using Java.
That’s why I learned Java and I will never apply for a job using java. For me it’s just a notation for learning
I agree with above poster.
Mosh often talks about “training your programming brain” and I think the best way to do this is learn a traditional oop language like Java or C# and just write basic console apps.
Even if you don’t plan on using the language, it will do wonders for your programming ability overall, it did for me. It taught me how to “think like a programmer” and how to approach problems, break them down, come at it with a plan think logically and build up slowly.
Even if you never use Java, if you learn it, you basically learn C# and android development at the same time and suddenly your a much more well rounded developer that can build cross platform. Also if you eventually ever get into the job market such a huge percent of jobs require java or C#