I don't think you need to read so much to get going in JavaScript. If you already Node and Mongo, you already know quite a lot. Just getting more practice. And whenever you have any doubt, check with MDN (Mozilla Developer Network), and improve your knowledge over a period of time.

As a developer, I don't memorize syntax and names. I routinely search for them, though it takes time. Instead, I remember abstract concepts. What are the options to manage state in UI? How to design a good image picker or dropdown? etc.

Welcome to the Javascript community.

If Javascript is all you have in your programming background, you'll tend to catch up with bad practices. Nevertheless, to get started, I would recommend going on in this order.

Start with Exploring Javascript ES5 - Hands down the best resource on the internet. Link Then move to ES2015, ES2016, ES2017, ES2018, and even ES2019 covered all here by the same author Axel Rauschmayer

Next move to Mozilla Developer Network for advanced concepts. At the same time, just pick up any Javascript design patterns. Design patterns are a must. You won't believe, but within a month learning design patterns, my one-month-old code looked like shit to me, written by totally inexperienced.

Then, comes the bible for most Advanced Javascript, You don't know Javascript series, and once you are through this, you are the master of Javascript.

For NodeJS, it's nothing but Javascript and Express APIs. Once you get going with advanced JS, you can implement an API. So focus on improving your Javascript first. But still, do check out NodeJS design patterns. Streams and events -- the true power of NodeJS.

Finally, for MongoDB, Mongo docs and daily stack-overflow questions to challenge yourself, you'll be master in no time. Do explore PostgreSQL, Redis.

Try going advanced with Sockets, Clustering, Message Broker Services, Docker etc. for scaling your application.

Also, make your Linux shell strong, become a git ninja.

The road is long and surely you can reach there. But try to follow this path. You'll not regret.

Happy coding. Happy learning :)

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full stack developer？only Javascript & css & html

There is a common saying “It’s Better Late Than Never”. If you have not got a chance to learn pure JavaScript yet and jumped directly into jQuery or other frameworks, you might want to gain some basic knowledge on JavaScript in order to improve your advanced coding capabilities. For me, books are always much better than some blogs or online course. But that’s my personal opinion. This post has listed down 15 best books on JavaScript that every beginner should read:

1. JavaScript Programmer’s Reference
2. Beginning JavaScript And CSS Development with jQuery
3. Learn JavaScript
4. Eloquent Javascript
5. Javascript For Cats
6. Thinking in Javascript
7. Javascript in Ten Minutes
8. You Don’t Know JS (series)
9. JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
10. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
11. JavaScript Goodies
12. Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript
13. Beginning JavaScript
14. JavaScript Step by Step
15. Human JavaScript

Knowledge is endless and in order to learn more, one needs to dive deeper in the sea of books. The above-mentioned JavaScript books will help programmers of any level get a clear understanding of how scripting works. Some of them are free for download and the others can be purchased at a decent price online. Have fun reading.