2. That combo of "real" JS and jQuery—writing your own functions and calling them later on
3. "Real" Javascript—knowing Node.js, writing plugins and the like.
I'm somewhere between 1 and 2, and I suspect most are. The jump to writing "real" Javascript is just huge—in fact it requires actual programming knowledge.
If you get to stage 3, are you still a front-end developer or are you a programmer now? And the question I'm really curious about, should I invest all that time learning to program actual Javascript, or should I focus on all the other stuff?
Is it:
1. Just jQuery—some hide/show/toggle/etc
2. That combo of "real" JS and jQuery—writing your own functions and calling them later on
3. "Real" Javascript—knowing Node.js, writing plugins and the like.
I'm somewhere between 1 and 2, and I suspect most are. The jump to writing "real" Javascript is just huge—in fact it requires actual programming knowledge.
If you get to stage 3, are you still a front-end developer or are you a programmer now? And the question I'm really curious about, should I invest all that time learning to program actual Javascript, or should I focus on all the other stuff?