/r/learnjavascript/

r/learnjavascript

314k members
r/learnjavascript is a subreddit with 314k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses javascript, learning, project, react, and calculator, and they frequently recommend/review code editor, backend framework, and react course.
This subreddit is for anyone who wants to learn JavaScript or help others do so. Questions and posts about frontend development in general are welcome, as are all posts pertaining to JavaScript on the backend.

Popular Themes in r/learnjavascript

#1
Advice Requests
: "Struggling to Understand Backend and JavaScript – Need Advice"
12 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "how would i hide an api key in a frontend setting such as neocities?"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "3 engineers spent 40 minutes on my code and none of it was praise"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I Made a Game That Can Help Teach You Programming (JavaScript)"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Not sure how to implement this branching storylines text game idea with Json"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/learnjavascript

#1

Javascript

: "When is it a good time to move from Javascript to learing React"
39 posts
#2

Learning

: "Best ways to study for Learning JavaScript?"
8 posts
#3

Project

: "The only sizeable Project I've ever been able to complete was with plain html/css/javascript, no frameworks; am I just dumb?"
7 posts
#4

React

4 posts
#5

Calculator

: "Trying to make a working Calculator"
4 posts
#6

Node

: "Built a Node.js 2FA SMS verification flow with Twilio – How do you handle carrier restrictions and errors?"
3 posts
#7

Frontend

: "I’ve wanted to learn JavaScript for a while now."
3 posts
#8

Tool

2 posts
#9

Class

2 posts
#10

Dependency

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/learnjavascript

Code Editor

7 reviews
#1
Notepad++
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Sublime Text
4.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Brackets
3.0 from 1 review
#1
Node.js
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Express.js
5.0 from 1 review
#3
NestJS
4.0 from 1 review

React Course

3 reviews
#1
Frontend Masters
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Udemy
4.0 from 1 review

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Yearly
+27k members(9.6%)

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Last updated: September 8, 2026