Just got my first internship, unfortunately there were no C++ or Java positions available.

Here I find myself on a front end job using Angular 5 and typescript with practically no experience with web development.

HALP!!!!

Any tips to making this learning process easier?

@plokko oh wow, what an edgy comment. You sure ate a clown for breakfast, didn't you?

@LazyLarry try to teach yourself as much as you can while trying to program and solve issues. While stackoverflow sure isn't the holy grail, it can make your life a lot easier. Try to see every programming language and framework as very similar to each other and you will see that you just have to specialize in what you are currently doing. Try to gather as much experience as possible and adapt.

@plokko Serious answer:

start with small and easy task, don't do things you don't understand or you won't learn or achieve anything.

Start with simple examples and do not copy-paste everything, try to understand what you're doing.

If you Google you can find a LOT of tutorials, video tutorials are the best way to get started fast (2x video speed FTW!):

follow a walkthrought of a sample application and try writing it with some customization.

The c++/java versus web approach is different so it could be hard to adapt but jobs on web development are increasing so that's a good investment for the future.

http://eloquentjavascript.net

The online version is free and it contains extensive exercises and projects

Lookup js design pattern and you dont know JS In github after that

The best advice I can give you is:
Buckle up, do your time, get the right resources and learn JS with the same dedication and discipline as you will do for any other language
And web dev will be a breeze after that

You will be picking up js frameworks in weeks if not days

After getting the basics of a Framework lookup best practices before starting a project

If you want to expend after that lookup functional JS

What's left after that is collecting $$$$$

@R5on11c if you want serial advice, go to s.o.