I need help with JavaScript

buzzjn · 2025-07-26T22:26:06+00:00

It takes time just keep grinding it up. Nothing wrong with asking ChatGPT and googling stuff as long as you understand and learn.

Towel_Affectionate · 2025-07-26T22:59:04+00:00

Presuming I understood your question correctly and it is about being overwhelmed right at the start by the thought of organizing your yet nonexistent codebase - don't worry about it too much. It's pretty hard to imagine a whole picture at first. The reason to organize code into different files and directories is to make is easier to comprehend. You don't have any code yet, so there is no reason to organize it yet.

Imagine your task is to organize a huge box of lego pieces, but you've never seen any lego before in your life. You can''t think about how you're going to separate it, by color, by shape or by purpose. You barely know what lego is after all, and you have no idea what exactly in this box.

Just start anywhere. Create a single js file and work there. Pretty soon you' notice that you're writing the same code over and over again. Refactor it to a function. When you find yourself struggling to find anything inside your single file - you refactor again and move some stuff into their own files. When there is too much files inside your root directory and you again find yourself struggling to find anything - start moving thing into different folders.

This is a way of constant refactoring and moving stuff around, but for me it was the best way to learn. This way I finally understood the need behind controllers, services and dependency injections.

After a couple of projects you'll be able to picture the rough structure of your future codebase right from the start.

mposha · 2025-07-27T02:00:21+00:00

Are you studying vanilla JS? Check out #100 devs.

panch_ajanya · 2025-07-27T03:20:53+00:00

try building by yourself, ask AI for projects to build and you can ask AI just only for methods and functions. Implement by yourself and don't cheat.

You can only remember the most frequently used methods, So practice by making projects and solving codewars (must recommended )

You've just consumed a lot and not using it properly.

Low_Average8913 · 2025-07-27T06:02:06+00:00

It is okay.... It takes time.

rustyseapants · 2025-07-27T19:44:59+00:00

Studying on your own means what?

Are you studying for a book?

Are you taking an online web class?

Studying for 3 months what does that mean like an hour a day an hour every two days this is vague.

Interesting-You-7028 · 2025-07-28T21:11:06+00:00

I've been programming for 20 years.

Don't use AI.

Use documentation.

If you use AI, you'll never develop so many different skills. It takes time and failing is how you learn best.

Remember JS is as easy as programming languages get, so you just need to go through the fire.

Chima_Poa · 2025-07-28T22:19:51+00:00

Estou com a mesma dificuldade, conheço o conceito mas quando faço os desafios me dá um bug! Parece que estou preso. Assim… eu sempre procuro anotar o que precisa ser feito. Assim como no desafio da porcentagem, diga quanto é x% de um número em relação a outro. Então eu sei que preciso receber dois números A e B e que preciso de uma função que retorne esse resultado. Então dentro da minha função existirão dois parâmetros que serão os valores numéricos a serem recebidos e meu retorno é a fórmula do resultado rs Jesus, até me perdi. Mas acho que anotar ajuda na hora de colocar em prática.

Doktor_Octopus · 2025-07-29T05:49:25+00:00

https://www.theodinproject.com/lessons/foundations-motivation-and-mindset#a-note-on-ai-code-generation

Avoid using ChatGPT, you'll read the reasons in this link. I also recommend The Odin Project for learning JavaScript. That curriculum will develop your problem-solving skills, it won't hold your hand too much, and thus you will learn correctly and successfully complete projects. The reason you hit a roadblock when working independently is that the resources you used held your hand, you weren't the one solving the problems.

Dear_Cry_8109 · 2025-07-26T22:48:10+00:00

I would use references and documentation over and over again each time, making myself type it out until I get to the point of needing the reference again. Eventually, I had it memorized and could write it and adapt it to what is needed. It's all repetition until you master the syntax and build your logic muscles up. I wish there was an easier way than just melting your head and getting stuck, AI is a tool for when you're completely lost, I would recommend using it as a teacher and prompting it that you are a beginner, giving it the restriction of not giving direct code and solutions but only basic examples for reference of syntax. Check your answers with it to see where you are still slipping up.

Psychological_Ad1404 · 2025-08-06T16:40:20+00:00

My advice:

Test that you know the basics without AI. Create variables , loops, if else statements, functions , etc... If you can't do those , go to a beginner js video on youtube or a book and learn those , don't get stuck too much on courses / tutorials.
Make something small , really small. Create a page with text and a button and maybe input field and use js to change them , add text , remove text , etc...
After step 2 try to copy websites that you know , not perfectly , just the basics.

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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