Key Points

Many good, free Javascript and Nodejs resources available online
Javascript can be tested in any modern browser ( Chrome, Firefox etc ) using developer tools
Javascript and Nodejs can be setup and run locally on any pc as well as running in server and cloud environments
DMX team is strong on Javascript and Nodejs
Good examples of DMX use of Javascript and Nodejs is available on our Github repos:
There are some good, low-cost 3rd party online courses available as well: Udemy etc

References

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computer science basics
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science	good basic intro to computer science concepts - free enrollment
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/algorithms	introductory computer science algorithms including searching, sorting, recursion, and graph theory. Learn with a combination of articles, visualizations, quizzes, and coding challenges. < uses Javascript basics

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GHom-OfD5bdmCGjwk0zuUREUgkxijKaL	javascript-cheat-sheet-2019-document.pdf
https://websitesetup.org/javascript-cheat-sheet/	javascript cheat sheet - simple, quick reference - not a learning tool but a lookup tool
https://www.w3schools.com/jS/default.asp	just the basics for javascript in web browsers
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide	good free basic Javascript online reference manuals
http://es6-features.org	good free site to see examples on ES-2016 quickly
https://scrimba.com/g/gintrotoes6	free online code camp to learn ES6
	a free basic book covering Javascript fundamentals - circa 2017. Check to see if it has all the latest features
Javascript Handbook - Flavio	Javascript Handbook - Flavio **
Nodejs Handbook - Flavio	Nodejs Handbook - Flavio **

GIT and GITHUB version control
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Git-Basics https://flaviocopes.com/git/	GIT basic concepts GIT basic tutorial
https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/ https://try.github.io/	GITHUB basic tutorial GITHUB learning tools

Nodejs
https://nodejs.org/en/	Nodejs main site
https://expressjs.com/	Express routing
https://www.mongodb.com/	MongoDB NOSQL database
https://nodejs.org/en/docs/	Free download for Nodejs, basic documents on Nodejs versions
https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/	A variety of free guides on designing, building Nodejs solutions including Docker etc
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs	Free server side programming docs including Express, Nodejs tutorials
https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/	Free w3schools Nodejs tutorial
	Nodejs cheatsheet - a short ( incomplete ) summary
	a simple, free, decent Nodejs basic intro. The udemy Nodejs course below is clearly more comprehensive but takes longer to go through.

https://www.udemy.com/nodejs-the-complete-guide/learn/v4/content	Nodejs - the complete guide An intro Udemy course that covers most areas of Javascript and Nodejs. On sale, courses like this run for $12 or less normally - wait for a sale. It's productive to jump into chapters on specific topics if you don't have time for the whole course. I included a PDF of the table of contents here. < recommendation: for existing Front-end developers looking to learn Nodejs

Front-end Web development courses	Reach or Angular ( React is our preference )
https://reactjs.org/	React JS main site
https://www.udemy.com/react-the-complete-guide-incl-redux/	React 16.6 - The Complete Guide (incl. React Router & Redux) Dive in and learn React from scratch! Learn Reactjs, Hooks, Redux, React Routing, Animations, Next.js and way more! < requires basics on HTML, CSS, JS < chose react over angular since it was quicker to learn, less code for simple apps and quicker integration of third party javascript modules. for the full MVC we added Redux.js for state management and redux-saga for async calls and logic. since we also have mobile app along with the web, we can shere logic and model between web and mobile. < recommendation: for existing Full Stack developers looking to learn React well

Full stack web development courses	Combine React or Angular front-end normally with Nodejs backend
https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-web-developer-zero-to-mastery/	The Complete Web Developer in 2019: Zero to Mastery Learn to code and become a web developer in 2019 with HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Node.js, Machine Learning & more! - $10 on sale < very solid overall Full Stack program including basics with React, Node etc
https://www.udemy.com/node-with-react-fullstack-web-development/learn/v4/overview	Node with React: Fullstack Web Development Build and deploy fullstack web apps with NodeJS, React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB. $10 on sale < requires HTML, JS basic skills as pre-regs - more on React, Sagas, JWT Oauth

Other Online Developer Resources
https://assets.ctfassets.net/2ntc334xpx65/o5J4X472PQUI4ai6cAcqg/c0f09bd6d2ec4944 62ea684ab065781d/jwt-handbook-v0_14_1.pdf	JWT - JSON Web Token Handbook

Other resources
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3333000/node-js/18-nodejs-and-javascript-libraries-for-fast-and-simple-microservices.html	18 useful Nodejs libraries for micro-services environments
https://github.com/mvolkmann/talks/tree/master/full-stack-js	Mark Volkmann - Full stack slides for MERN
https://github.com/mvolkmann/talks	Mark Volkmann - all tech talks - React, Angular, flow, Express, tools etc
https://www.slideshare.net/nakov/cryptography-for-javascript-developers-nakov-jstalks-2018	Cryptography for Javascript developers