What is beginner-javascript?

wesbos/beginner-javascript — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

★ 6,767HTMLAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

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  root((Beginner JS))
    What it is
      Course companion files
      Starter code
      Completed solutions
    Course
      BeginnerJavaScript.com
      Wes Bos videos
      Paid access
    Community resources
      Student notes
      CodePen exercises
    Who it is for
      JS beginners
      Self-taught learners

mindmap root((Beginner JS)) What it is Course companion files Starter code Completed solutions Course BeginnerJavaScript.com Wes Bos videos Paid access Community resources Student notes CodePen exercises Who it is for JS beginners Self-taught learners

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Follow along with Wes Bos's Beginner JavaScript course by cloning these starter files and working through each exercise.

USE CASE 2

Check your exercise solutions against the completed versions included in the repo.

USE CASE 3

Browse community-created notes and CodePen exercises linked from the README to reinforce lessons.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptHTMLCSS

How does it compare?

	wesbos/beginner-javascript	hexlet/ru-test-assignments	jerry-git/learn-python3
Stars	6,767	6,767	6,795
Language	HTML	HTML	HTML
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	easy
Complexity	1/5	1/5	1/5
Audience	vibe coder	developer	general

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

The video course itself is not free, purchase at BeginnerJavaScript.com to access the lessons these files accompany.

Exercise files are publicly available, the course videos are not free, purchase the course at BeginnerJavaScript.com to access the lessons.

So what is it?

This repository holds the starter files and completed solutions for the Beginner JavaScript course created by Wes Bos, a web developer known for making video-based programming courses. The course itself is hosted at BeginnerJavaScript.com and is not free, but the exercise files are kept here publicly so students can follow along. The repository is a companion resource rather than a standalone learning tool. If you are enrolled in the course, you clone or download these files and work through them alongside the videos. The solutions are also included, so you can check your work or see how a given exercise is supposed to end up. The README also links to notes and additional resources created by past students, including written summaries of lessons and collections of exercises on CodePen. These are community contributions rather than official materials. The README is brief and the repository description sparse, so there is not much more detail available beyond what is stated above.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm a beginner learning JavaScript with Wes Bos's course. Explain how JavaScript events work so I can complete the event-listener exercises.

Prompt 2

I'm stuck on one of the Beginner JavaScript exercises. Here is my code: [paste code]. What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?

Prompt 3

Walk me through how to use querySelector and addEventListener together in vanilla JavaScript, I'm working through the Beginner JavaScript course.

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