# Me & Javascript: 4 years in 4 minutes At this date, I can call myself a full-stack javascript developer. Let me walk you through my learning journey of javascript. ## How it all started ![The beginning of my javascript career, Aashish Panthi](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1662786049776/UCXB2iRiD.png align="center") It all started back in 2019 when I was in 9th grade. I was somewhat familiar with HTML and CSS but I saw a really awesome YouTube video where the guy was teaching to make an interactive website. As a noob, I tried to code along and in the middle of the tutorial, the guy started writing some words that neither looked like HTML code nor CSS styling. In fact, I thought he was writing a comment as it looked like a simple English language with some grammatical mistakes. Just a few seconds after, the guy says `Ok this is how we select an element in javascript`. Let me tell it again, he said the word **javascript**. After this sudden accident, I had to search for the buzzword that just came out of his mouth. I searched what is javascript on YouTube. > Till this time, I used to search for any query on YouTube and watch the videos there. Instead of being greeted with horrible words on google. But days have changed. Now I am writing my own blogs and you are reading it. #progress #peace I think I built the project along with that guy. I don't correctly remember but maybe something like this must have happened. ## Why I chose javascript? Later on, I had a choice of other high-level programming languages like python, ruby, go but I committed to staying with javascript. I know you will laugh at me if I share the real reason but anyway here it is. I watched some guys on YouTube about these programming languages. I don't want to name them but one guy was saying that **Ruby is dead** and another guy was saying that **lots of bugs will occur if you miss the whitespace in python**. As a newbie, I trusted them. Anyone new here, please don't trust those guys. Ruby is going great till now and I am using python, indentation and spacing is not that great issue. But for now, my will is to learn golang. ## Projects I built ![My javascript projects Aashish Panthi](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1662785762069/4sgmhtoPm.png align="center") I don't have a clear idea about the first project I built using javascript but I built a rock paper scissors game. I don't exactly have the source code, but I have [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-bCbVCeiY) that you can watch available on one of my [discontinued youtube channels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-bCbVCeiY). I have also built my own [scrollspy](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/scrollspy) using vanilla javascript. I am not able to find other projects I built using vanilla javascript. So let's just look at the project I built using javascript frameworks/libraries: 1. [Population visualizer](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/population-visualiztion) using **D3.js**. 2. [My first app](https://aashishpanthi.github.io/first-app/) using **Reactjs**. 3. [Facebook clone](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/facebook-clone) using **Reactjs**. 4. [YouTube clone using Youtube API](https://clone-d939e.firebaseapp.com/) using **Reactjs**. 5. [COVID-19 tracker](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/covid-tracker) using **Reactjs**. Let me introduce you to my latest projects: 1. [Attendance taking mobile application](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/attende) using **React Native**. 2. [A NFT marketplace](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/NFTque) using **Reactjs**. 3. [A search engine](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/search-engine) using **MERN**. 4. [Web scraper for search engine](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/web-crawler) using **puppeteer**. 5. [A price tracker bot](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/lootle-scrapper) using **cheerio**. 6. [Code typing test app](https://github.com/aashishpanthi/codyper) using **Reactjs**. ## Am I regretting the decision? ![No, giphy gif](https://media.giphy.com/media/daPCSjwus6UR2JxRX1/giphy.gif align="center") No, I am not regretting my decision to learn javascript. In fact, I have built so many projects that I am even more eager to learn javascript concepts and other javascript libraries. And it is also true that I want to learn new programming languages but at the present date, I am able to call myself a developer because I know how to do certain things using javascript. ## Conclusion To conclude my learning experience, I can say that javascript has been a really powerful weapon for me that I always use while I am entering the code war. And thanks to javascript, I have won some good hackathons conducted by [Hashnode](https://townhall.hashnode.com/). At this point, I want to take a moment and thank @[Eleftheria Batsou](@eleftheriabatsou) and @[Ayodele Samuel Adebayo](@unclebigbay) for their continuous support on discord. Yes, I love javascript. I am learning javascript and will keep on learning javascript. As there are lots of packages available for almost everything, I think if I keep my bond with javascript, I can learn everything from making a desktop application, and website to doing machine learning. At last, I just want to say **Dear javascript developers let's have a drum roll**. I can also hear the sound on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/aashishpanthi11).