Nice Words from Peers, Friends, and Customers

Zell is the rare sort of developer who both knows his stuff and can explain even the most technical jargon in approachable — and even fun — ways!

I’ve taken his courses and always look forward to his writing because I know I’ll walk away with something that makes me a better front-ender.

Zell is one of those rare people who commands tremendous knowledge and experience but remains humble and helpful. They want you to know what they know, not just be impressed by it.

In other words, Zell is a natural teacher. You’re lucky to have him because he feels lucky to be able to help you in your journey.

Learn JavaScript explained how to use JavaScript fundamentals to do things we’ll encounter in the actual world — it’s one thing to learn what an Array is, but another to build a component and go “Oh, so that’s why I need to know what the hell an Array is!”.

It changed the way I approach JavaScript. Now, I actually know what I’m doing when I write JavaScript!

Zell is a talented developer with in-depth knowledge of front-end technologies and tools. I recommend his books and articles to everyone in the web industry beacuse they’re so well written and full of useful information.

Zell is a really fun person so that helps when you’re trying to learn :)

We were fortunate to have Zell on our team. We only hired Zell to move our site out of Wordpress, but he delivered so much more.

His tiny design tweaks made our site look more appealing and we immediately 2x our sales. Our website became much faster and a breeze to use as an end user.

We paid much less in hosting fees — from $400/year down to practically nothing.

Finally and most importantly, Zell has put in place an incredible system that’s intuitive and easy to use. It gave us the joy and flexibility to tweak our website which lead to us increasing our team and 2x-ing our business over the last 2 years without any friction on the technical side.

I highly recommend working with Zell. He’s become my go-to person whenever I need help because I experienced his amazing work.

Zell’s writing is very accessible to newcomers because he shares his learning experience. He covers current topics and helps all readers level up their web development skills. Must subscribe.

Your articles are honestly the best resources out there! They have really helped #100Devs folx understand topics that are always stumbling blocks for new devs.

Really appreciate the work you put into your content!

I’ve tried lots of other JavaScript courses, both free and paid. Learn JavaScript is the only course that helped me understand JavaScript. It explained everything in depth and it gave me lots of examples.

I can now think like a developer, build applications myself, understand other developers’ code, and even answer questions on StackOverflow.

Your articles are so useful. I rarely need to consult other materials for them to be of practical use (unlike others, where I have to google when I read).

I found Zell’s written materials engaging and fun even though I’m used to learning through videos because Zell teaches through a series of real-life examples.

I’ve been writing software long enough to know that getting expert, thorough and well written help on new topics was hopeless.

People like Zell, who go out and become experts, then work hard to teach others like me are the reason software is easier fun to write these days.

I used countless other books and courses before, but they did not give me the applicable knowledge I needed to be a solid frontend developer.

Zell’s courses are the only ones who gave me the knowledge.

Now I can build pretty much whatever I want from scratch, without relying on 3rd-party libraries.

I loved that Mastering Web Typography gathered scattered information I read on web typography from many sources.

It’s well-written, easy to go through, and helps you get to a level where you’re comfortable expanding your knowledge on your own.

I’m no longer afraid to show my work at job interviews because I have become much more confident in my JavaScript skills thanks to Learn JavaScript.

The course showed me a clear path to learning the language. It integrated theory into real-life projects and helped me stay focused and motivated while learning

Zell does a really good job of simplifying complex subjects and structuring the learning in an organized way.

This is the first course where I learned to differentiate which parts of JavaScript are important and which parts are not.

I used the knowledge I learned to create real components. It’s very satisfying to see my code doing something of real and practical use.

Zell explains things in a way that no other instructor has been able to do in my 15+ years of trying to “self-educate” in the world of Javascript.

He shows me how to use JavaScript theory to build real UI, then how to refactor my code with useful and modern techniques.

Thanks to the things I learned from the course, I have since refactored our style guide at work and I found the confidence to start a Vue project.

Zell is a master at boiling down the complex into something understandable. The lessons are clear and best they are CONCISE. Each lesson is not overwhelming and not complicated.

I’ve gained confidence that I can not only learn the ins and outs of JS but that I can master it. JS has always seemed confusing and scary but I no longer feel that way thanks to Zell’s help.

The quality of Zell’s work is top notch. If I’m looking for a tutorial, I’ll always check Zell’s blog first.

Thank you, Zell. You have put together one incredible resource.

I love how everything you taught led up to projects that showed me how to use the principles of JavaScript. Everything you taught laid an important foundation and then I immediately got to use it on practical projects.

I know that every time I jump into the course I will learn something new, expand or deepen my javascript knowledge, and become better and more marketable for jobs in the future.

Zell is a solid front-end developer who cares about mastering tools and technologies. He does excellent research on front-end technologies and has a great down-to-earth and enthusiastic writing style.

Zell has a way of explaining hard stuff that makes it easy for me to understand.

I took part in an expensive boot camp and the experience was frustrating for me because they rush through so many topics without mastering them.

But Zell’s courses are different. I appreciate the text format and the self-paced form of studying and the text format which gives me as much time as I need to make sure the knowledge sinks in.

I’ve now regained my confidence and I know I have what it takes to be a great web developer.

Zell makes JavaScript fun and easy to learn. He explains technical jargon with everyday life examples. These examples make me curious and excited to learn every day!

I no longer panic when I use JavaScript. I know I can learn it.

I really enjoy your newsletters and articles. They’re written in a way I can understand, so I can move forward.

This course gave me the confidence to call myself a front-end developer. I know how to start, how to code it up, and how to search for (and understand) the parts that I don’t know yet.

I went from knowing nothing about JavaScript to building a custom design system for my company entirely in JavaScript. What’s more, each component I build is also accessible thanks to Zell’s accessibility lessons.

Learn JavaScript gave me a deep understanding of the language and its capabilities.

I gained new perspectives on things I already know — even though I’m a professional web developer!

Through Learn JavaScript, I learned that I’m actually capable of programming, and I’m not just a design, HTML, and CSS guy.

I’m only halfway through the course, but I was able to learn Vue in one and a half days, pass an interview test, and get a senior-level frontend development job.

I took another course that’s not beginner-friendly. Some things are left unexplained, and that left a lot of ???s floating around my head.

But Learn JavaScript is detailed and well structured. After going through the course, I was able to help newer programmers with their questions!

I don’t miss articles from only three people and Zell is one of them. The rest? I mostly delete them.

Learn JavaScript takes you through all the steps in building the components.

The course doesn’t stop after the first steps. It shows you how to improve the component and include best practices. This is something I found so hard to learn from other courses.

I finally started to understand how to move on from a beginner level to an intermediate level.

Zell is one of the best teachers around. His lessons are to the point and clear. You will not waste your time like with other resources that make things sound more complicated than they are.

I went through Learn JavaScript already having a couple of years of experience with JavaScript, and it has helped me to discover some holes in my knowledge of the language and to re-frame some of my previous understanding of it.

What I loved about Zell’s work is that they’re really detailed but not overwhelming. He guided me slowly, from basics to more advanced concepts, step by step, taking time to make sure I understood everything before going deeper.

Thanks to Zell, I got a front-end web development job abroad, in the wonderful city of Lausanne in Switzerland!

I tried CodeSchool and TutsPlus before I joined Learn JavaScript, but they didn’t help. They were too advanced for me.

Learn JavaScript is a very well-taught course. Each lesson is clear and they build on the previous lesson. I was able to understand the lessons in Learn JavaScript!

Now, I can read and understand JavaScript. I don’t have to rely on Google for answers anymore. When I search on Google, I know what’s happening in each answer I find.

200 lessons, 20 components, a promise of bringing you from zero to expert, building up your confidence, letting you make anything in JS?

And virtually land any junior front-end position where you’d earn your investment back in a month?

Seriously. I would have sold my parent’s TV for this when I started learning JavaScript.

Zell writes articles that are always easy to follow, perfect for designers like me, with a bit of coding skills, and who think like a designer.

I like the way you explain things. You can split complicated things into cheweable fragments. Also, unlike others, your explanation doesn’t make me feel stupid. I get what you say and I can move forward.

Learn JavaScript helped me understand transitions and animations even though I’ve failed so many times in the past…

The lessons in Learn JavaScript are clear and easy to understand — and it’s way beyond my expectation.

I found a better web development job thanks to the skills I learned from Zell and the course.