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This Is the Only Way to Truly Learn JavaScript

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Let x equals testing.", 'start': 269.673, 'duration': 8.089}, {'end': 279.224, 'text': 'All right.', 'start': 277.783, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 281.086, 'text': "And then we're just going to go ahead and alert x.", 'start': 279.324, 'duration': 1.762}, {'end': 282.934, 'text': 'All right.', 'start': 282.714, 'duration': 0.22}, {'end': 288.118, 'text': 'So now if we go ahead and view the file, you now get the testing message when we go ahead and pull this up.', 'start': 282.974, 'duration': 5.144}, {'end': 295.825, 'text': 'So one of the reasons why we want to put this into an external page, though, is because that then gives you the ability to debug.', 'start': 288.158, 'duration': 7.667}, {'end': 303.371, 'text': 'So if you go ahead and you go over to your sources here, the best way to do it is just simply to have it right here.', 'start': 296.806, 'duration': 6.565}, {'end': 305.012, 'text': 'So you can actually just put your breakpoints.', 'start': 303.411, 'duration': 1.601}, 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importance of practice in becoming a better programmer is emphasized, suggesting that even the smartest people cannot shortcut their way around practicing coding to be a better programmer.', 'The drawbacks of relying on programming books and frameworks are highlighted, stating that frameworks may be a roadblock to becoming a really good JavaScript developer and expressing dissatisfaction with technical content in programming books.', 'Recommendation to start writing lower-level JavaScript is provided, stressing the difficulty of working with JavaScript at the lower level due to its functional nature and asynchronous nature, as well as the need to grasp DOM manipulation and events from the ground level.', 'Placing JavaScript code in an external file allows for easier debugging and stepping through the code in Google Chrome or any other browser.', 'Debugging tools are essential for efficient coding, as demonstrated by the comparison between Python and C Sharp in terms of debugging capabilities.', "Visual Studio and C sharp provide comprehensive and functional debugging tools, while Python's debugging tools are considered less effective."]}, {'end': 732.825, 'segs': [{'end': 408.186, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 367.168, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 372.531, 'text': 'However, the more I realize, the more development I do is the harder things that I build and create,', 'start': 367.168, 'duration': 5.363}, {'end': 375.473, 'text': 'the more I need an actual ecosystem that works for me.', 'start': 372.531, 'duration': 2.942}, {'end': 377.795, 'text': 'So I need to have debugging capabilities.', 'start': 375.593, 'duration': 2.202}, {'end': 380.296, 'text': 'This is the best way to do it in JavaScript.', 'start': 378.535, 'duration': 1.761}, {'end': 384.119, 'text': "That way you can really start to verify what's going on here.", 'start': 380.697, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 386.38, 'text': 'I mean, it gives you the ability to like highlight over stuff.', 'start': 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the html, have it create events and all this stuff.', 'start': 543.179, 'duration': 5.526}, {'end': 556.705, 'text': "so anyway, let's go ahead and do enter text of this, and we're just going to say your mother, i shouldn't do that, but Alright.", 'start': 548.705, 'duration': 8}, {'end': 558.647, 'text': 'so now to work with the MySpan.', 'start': 556.705, 'duration': 1.942}], 'summary': 'Low-level javascript skills can be enhanced by building javascript html, creating events, and more.', 'duration': 27.341, 'max_score': 531.306, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/HnXmI2UVZlU/pics/HnXmI2UVZlU531306.jpg'}, {'end': 617.075, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 592.227, 'weight': 0.803, 'content': [{'end': 599.189, 'text': "All right, so what we've done is we virtually with JavaScript created a HTML DOM element, and then we're now injecting it into our HTML.", 'start': 592.227, 'duration': 6.962}, {'end': 602.711, 'text': 'Very similar to how React, Angular, Vue, all that stuff works on a lower level.', 'start': 599.249, 'duration': 3.462}, {'end': 608.252, 'text': 'And when we go and we look at the page now, we get this actual H1 inside of here.', 'start': 603.371, 'duration': 4.881}, {'end': 611.373, 'text': 'And when we inspect it, you can see the H1 contains a span.', 'start': 608.272, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 617.075, 'text': 'Both of these were virtually created by JavaScript and injected into the page after the page loaded.', 'start': 611.874, 'duration': 5.201}], 'summary': 'Javascript virtually created html elements and injected them into the page after loading.', 'duration': 24.848, 'max_score': 592.227, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/HnXmI2UVZlU/pics/HnXmI2UVZlU592227.jpg'}, {'end': 644.708, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 621.937, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 629.561, 'text': "So the next thing you want to get really good at after you're good with creating elements from 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has the ability to have an add function that gives you the ability to just pass in A class name.', 'start': 683.922, 'duration': 7.246}, {'end': 696.923, 'text': "So what I got custom class that's the name of it Yep, custom class.", 'start': 691.228, 'duration': 5.695}, {'end': 701.306, 'text': 'All right, so just like that, we can now add attributes to our JavaScript element.', 'start': 696.983, 'duration': 4.323}, {'end': 704.408, 'text': 'So if I go to refresh this, we now have pink.', 'start': 701.906, 'duration': 2.502}, {'end': 712.733, 'text': "So this is actually taking a custom class that was defined inside the head, which is perfectly fine, although not something that's very scalable.", 'start': 704.748, 'duration': 7.985}, {'end': 718.377, 'text': "This is most likely going to be in some sort of external page, or it could be a bootstrap class that you're assigning to this thing.", 'start': 713.274, 'duration': 5.103}], 'summary': 'Adding custom classes to javascript elements 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issues, making development easier.', 'The ability to highlight over variables and see their value is a key feature of debugging in JavaScript.', 'Identifying issues like passing a function and executing it instead of passing the function itself is made easier with debugging.']}, {'end': 732.825, 'start': 408.206, 'title': 'Building javascript template engine', 'summary': 'Discusses building a template engine with javascript, creating and modifying elements, adding attributes, and dynamically changing styles, emphasizing the importance of these low-level concepts for improving javascript skills.', 'duration': 324.619, 'highlights': ['Creating and modifying elements with JavaScript The speaker emphasizes the importance of creating a template engine with JavaScript, demonstrating the process of creating and modifying elements like div and h1 tags, and injecting them into the HTML, highlighting the significance of low-level concepts.', 'Adding attributes and dynamically changing styles The discussion delves into adding attributes to JavaScript elements, demonstrated by dynamically adding a custom class to change the color of an h1 tag to pink, highlighting the importance of understanding and manipulating styles at a low level.', 'Emphasizing the importance of low-level concepts for improving JavaScript skills The chapter stresses the significance of engaging in low-level JavaScript tasks, such as creating, modifying elements, adding attributes, and dynamically changing styles, as essential for enhancing JavaScript proficiency.']}], 'duration': 365.657, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/HnXmI2UVZlU/pics/HnXmI2UVZlU367168.jpg', 'highlights': ['Debugging capabilities in JavaScript are crucial for verifying code and catching complex issues, making development easier.', 'The ability to highlight over variables and see their value is a key feature of debugging in JavaScript.', 'Identifying issues like passing a function and executing 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