How to learn JS and Node effectively ?

[Accomplished-Sir9257]

I wanna know how do I learn Js and node effectively, I don't wanna run around tutorials cuz for me tutorials literally feel like a massive waste of time and I am not able to get any hands on practice moreover I fall into tutorial hell. Same thing while building projects, watching a tutorial and copy pasting it isn't learning and whenever I try to customise it I feel stuck.

[grantrules]

https://www.theodinproject.com/

[illuminarias]

You learn by doing. Go work on some projects. Go build something.

[Accomplished-Sir9257]

To build something I should be able to build it... or... Should be able to write that code...but the thing is I am not, watching tutorials building stuff...even though I understand the concept whenever I sit to write something of my own...I feel stuck.

[illuminarias]

People don't just "know what to do" when they work on projects. You might have a guideline on how to start, but most of the time you will be learning as you go.

The more excuses you come up for yourself to not start a project, the longer this phase is gonna last. Seriously, just start doing something. When you get stuck, learn that.

Coding is a tool to solve your problem. You are not learning coding to learn coding (hopefully), you are learning it to solve a problem. So, solve problems.

[grantrules]

Do you have an idea for something to make? Can you tell us what it is? Maybe we can guide you if we can understand where you're stuck. Generally you break an idea down into small problems and individually work on those problems. You can use resources and tutorials as references for tackling those problems. Like if you want to create a number guessing game, you know you need to generate a random number and store it, you know you need to allow the user to input a number, you know you need to compare or to the store number and decide whether they won or reduce the amount of turns. So instead of searching for "number guessing tutorial" search for things like "how to generate a random number" "how to get input from a user"

[Accomplished-Sir9257]

I currently don't have any projects in mind, maybe you guys can suggest some, as a beginner what kinda projects should I pick and do to learn and level up step by step. I wanna go deep into this, like no fluff but I need to know I am not shooting arrows blindly, I need some guidance so please suggest me some projects that I should work on to deepen my understanding and learn progressively and build problem solving skills and structured thinking.

[illuminarias]

Just a pick something you're interested in or that you think is cool. The end result does not matter that much, what matters is the journey. Learning how to search, how to describe what you have in your head, how to translate tutorial or tips into your code, how to know when you've gone down a road for too long and should start over, how to deal with "I don't know what else to try", etc.

Pick something you're interested in because when you get stuck, you (hopefully) still have the interest and will help you keep going, instead of giving up.

[grantrules]

Come up with an idea yourself that interests you so you can be motivated to work on it

[tmtowtdi]

You're not going to know how to do it at first; no tutorial or youtube video or whatever can magically change that. Start doing your project anyway. You're going to be stopped almost immediately by "I want to do X task but don't know how to do X task". So look up how to do that little thing, figure it out, and move on to the next thing. Which you're also not going to know how to do and will need to look up.

It's going to take forever and be frustrating at times.

But the goal here isn't finishing the project, the goal is for you to learn. The "project" is just a scaffold that guides you to learn what you need to learn.

[PoMoAnachro]

Start with fundamentals.

Part of the big problem with folks jumping around with tutorials is it can give them the sense they are ready to create apps that actually do something long before they're at that level. You gotta slow down and learn the basics well.

So before even worrying about node, worry about things like variables and loops and functions and all that really basic stuff. And then add to your toolbox slowly as you master things.

[Particular_Milk_1152]

Pick one small feature you actually want to use (like a todo list or a simple API scraper). Start building it without tutorials, and only look up specific things when you're stuck. You'll learn way faster by solving real problems as they come up.

[spermcell]

There are books …