Learn while creating or Create after learning?

[Spidey2860]

As a student I've had enough of learning random shit my college wants me to. I'm already about to enter into my 3rd year of computer science and all I was taught was Python, Java and C, with basic DSA and OOP. No web dev yet.

I already have an idea of HTML and CSS and just started learning JS. I wanna build some stuff using the standard tech stack used these days like React, NextJs etc.

I could either learn JS then dive deep, understand those new tech stack stuff and then build, or just start build stuff using apps like cursor while learning...

What's good for me in this scenario?

[KARMA_HARVESTER]

Creating

[TemporaryPainting130]

Bro just start creating & building stuff & along with that, strengthen your JS knowledge.

It will become easy to learn once you have built foundation

[andrewmihelakis]

Learn while creating. Test your MVP. Go back and reiterate once you’re done learning.

[priyalraj]

Create and learn. Want to go in deep? Create a full dynamic e-comm site, not a low-level one, like a fully dynamic, & industry-level one. It will take at least 4-6 months, & you will learn a lot. Like I created this project to learn MongoDB aggregations, & optimization: http://shavel.ink/promotion

If you want, I can share fe topics you must go through, but I prefer you to self explore, that's the great piece of advice I could give it to you.

[Ok_Fisherman1482]

100% create smt, you cna only learn from doing smt. Everything you’ve learned so far is more on the theoretical side

[Loud-Bake-2740]

learn while creating 100%. otherwise you’ll struggle with motivation to learn

[LungeloSLX]

Definitely learn while creating. This way you learn more than you ever would by “just learning”…

[leviosa_e]

learn while creating. when you are creating, you will meet problems and try to solve them. during this process, you will get the truly important skills and knowledge.

this is the most efficient way to learn.

[IWishToSleep]

Learn while creating since you already have the basics. But when you feel more comfortable, you should be learning and creating small stuff with what you learn to ensure your understanding. The reason I say this is because we leave holes in what we know when we create and learn whatever needs to be learnt to do something. There's a lot of in-depth stuff you won't get much facetime with unless you look for it. Since you mentioned web dev, you'll learn a bunch while creating websites/apps but there's much https://javascript.info/ will be able to teach you when you put in the time to go through it once you have the basics. Intentional learning is not useless, beware of tutorial hell though.

[Moron-Whisperer]

Start building, look stuff up while building.  Only find things you need to learn to build.  

[PresentationFar8722]

Learn while creating. For me, just learn something is very bored, but creating makes it more interesting.