Are you still in tutorial hell?
Asa web developer, I bet you purchased a bunch of online tutorials such as Web development full course 2022, etc. The bundle course from zero to master like this is always 100+ hours of tutorial videos. Will you really spend that time following up on every step? Even if you did, how many tutorials you’ve finished, and are you still in one now?
I am a self-taught front-end developer, which means everything I learned for now is all from the online course, articles, and all the related resources. I have to say thanks to the people who like to share knowledge even if they did it for money. But one day, I feel like I would never finish all the courses I bought on Udemy, which I got when there is a big sale every time. lol. I spent so much time on the tutorial videos, and the project looks absolutely perfect. But in the end, I feel like nothing, because they all do not belong to me.
I decide to jump out of these tutorials and try to learn smart.
First, read documents when you use any language. Do you think the tutorial's length will affect the outcome of your learning outcome? no. In my opinion, the long tutorial videos mean the tutors are thoughtful and want to include all the knowledge they know inside. But on the other side, a long video is just for grabbing your eyes and more attractions, selling more later courses. It’s a kind of marketing strategy in reality. If you have limited time to get new knowledge, you should definitely go read the official documents which include all the knowledge concisely. It’s faster for a good reason.
Second, evaluate your purchased courses. You definitely have many courses are in the waiting list. Which one goes first? How to plan to finish? You should understand it’s ok to go on your own learning path. It’s not necessary to finish all the parts following the course curriculum. Pick the topic you are focusing on would be a better way to dive deep there.
Third, always remember Practice makes perfect. Even if you finish or purchased all that amount of courses, it doesn’t mean that’s your workpieces. The best way is still coding on your own based on existing project tutorials. Such as you learned how to build a basic calculator, it doesn’t mean finished. The next step is adding more functions such as a tip calculator, or changing the layout of the app to improve the user experience.
In fact, when you begin to do a new thing, there will be a lot of mistakes or a slide blank in your mind. Never give up, try to Google, failed, then Google again.
The failure will nourish your growth.
The hardest part is debugging, that’s why you want to be a web developer. Always obstacles, always jump. Even if you are a newbie, just believe, that you are more valuable than you think.
Keep up doing what you want. Say hi to all of us on the road to the peak.
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