How I Finally Became Fluent in JavaScript (With GitHub Copilot as My Sensei)

For years, JavaScript and I had an… awkward relationship. You know that friend you occasionally run into at a party, exchange polite smiles with, but deep down, neither of you know how to keep the conversation going? That was me and JavaScript. I’d write a little here, tweak a bit there, but never fully committed to understanding its quirks.

Fast forward to these final years of development (don’t worry, I’m not retiring—yet), and guess what? JavaScript and I are on speaking terms now! The credit? GitHub Copilot.

At first, I wasn’t sure if Copilot was going to be a mentor or just a slightly smarter autocomplete. But oh boy, it turned out to be my sensei. It patiently walked me through JavaScript's weirdness—those callback pyramids, asynchronous antics, and occasional existential crises ("undefined is not a function" anyone?).

Here’s the thing: Copilot doesn't judge. It doesn’t roll its eyes when you Google "how to loop through an array in JavaScript" for the umpteenth time. Instead, it’s like that overachieving classmate who just whispers the right answers during a quiz.

Before Copilot, writing JavaScript felt like trying to build a house of cards in a wind tunnel. Now? It's still chaos, but at least I’ve got an AI partner holding the cards steady while whispering, “Try Array.map() here; trust me.”

So here I am, officially declaring that JavaScript and I have buried the hatchet. It’s no longer the frenemy I side-eye during projects. It's become... a collaborator. And while I’d love to say I’ve mastered it all by myself, the truth is that Copilot deserves an honorary degree in mentoring lost developers like me.

To my fellow coders who’ve ever battled with JavaScript and come out the other side: I salute you. And for those still in the trenches? Get yourself a Copilot. You’ll still pull your hair out, but at least now you’ll do it with some guidance.

Who knew that in my final years of development, I'd find a friend in JavaScript? Okay, maybe "friend" is too strong. Let’s just say we’re on civil terms—and I owe it all to my AI mentor.