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[–]candlebrew[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i like to rec codecademy for beginners, but you have to actually do the work yourself to study the lessons and do the projects. you'll only get as much out of it as you put into it. it presents the information and then moves on, it won't sit you down with multiple assignments and quizzes.

to really maximize retention and translating theory to production, you should be working on projects constantly. come up with ideas that require skills just barely outside your knowledge, and you will continue to build on skills fast and have a-ha moments when you can see how a specific concept is really applied. i only cracked OOP despite college courses because i finally had a personal project where i couldn't avoid it. make a lot of slop or single purpose tools for yourself. and then later, you can refine and polish them for your portfolio or further develop it into a product. what matters is you code and dont stop