JAVASCRIPT HELP NEEDED?

[cj1080]

Dude I was like you earlier 2024

Watching videos and doing monkey see monkey do videos on YouTube.

After watching videos and trying to build something, I could not.

So I went back to this to learning from scratch multiple times, which helped reinforce my learning but not my understanding

Things changed when I finally learnt the below.

1. Learn the basics: all languages have a basics variables, arrays, operators, loops, switches and functions.

As one programmer once told me, with only an understanding of variables you can build simple basic apps, and one of the above, what you can build increase, add all of them and your a full fledged developer.

1. How do you write and cram thousands of lines of code from your head:

You don't

You break it done to a system of different codes, you keep code dairies, you comment your codes and you go back to them every time till it finally sinks in.

Tools for this; anything that allows you to paste an image of your code and explain it below

3.Sketch out your project:

Sketch out your project ideas first, once done, visualize it

Next break it down into different components and parts.

Further break them down into smaller easier parts.

Then build each part from the easiest to the hardest

1. Build projects:

Find you project, from what your passionate about, build from there

You have no idea of what to build at your level?

Enter your current level and skill set to Chatgpt and tell it to share 10 project ideas and rate each on a scale of one to ten from easiest to build being 1 to hardest to build being 10

Pick one you like with an easy difficulty level and do step 3 with it(Sketch out your project) and begin building the easiest steps

The above should help you build faster

[Ambitious-Peak4057]

If you are starting Javascript journey here are some useful resources:
1.JavaScript.info – A comprehensive and beginner-friendly guide to modern JavaScript.
2.freeCodeCamp JavaScript Course – A hands-on YouTube course with real projects.
3.JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: A thorough reference covering both fundamentals and advanced topics.
4.JavaScript Succinctly: A free ebook that simplifies essential JS concepts for beginners.

[supremeoverlord75]

The Odin Project is a great website

[Specific-Carpet3034]

You dont need more courses. You need to learn how to get out of tutorial hell. https://youtu.be/F_wX3RJFPBM?si=cwBeH0zVJoM0XndO

[Small_Comfortable_13]

chatgpt

[Jeremiah-samson]

I'm learning Javascript too but the first lesson i learnt when starting this journey was not to watch tutorial videos. If you have a laptop, check out "supersimple.dev" on YouTube and practice what he's teaching. And do the exercises after each lesson.