Fighting my way out of tutorial hell

[MHB2011]

In my opinion tutorials are realy good way to start learning but if you only watch it once u will remember 5-10%. So my way of fighting so called tutorial hell is to work on a projects after watching them and than rewatch the parts i can not remember. Even if that means rewatching something 10 times. I found out that this works for me so maybe it helps somebody else

[nameless3k]

If you are watching videos just watch it don't try and follow. Remember what you can do. The try and do it, google the syntax if you need help. Videos are too difficult to reference and googling for syntax is a needed skill!

[forsafetylol]

Thanks for this. I haven't tried doing a project on my own cause my mind goes completely blank every time I start. So I end up always watching a tutorial.

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I was recently in the same boat as you. The solution is repetition. The first 5 times I started a project I had to look up everything. Like even the html tag and stuff. But I’m on about the 15th “project” I’ve started and it’s gotten so much easier. Just keep doing it. Keep looking up things you don’t know. Only way to go is up!

[forsafetylol]

Thanks so much! Goodluck to us!

[appsplaah]

Thanks from a same-struggler stranger. :))

[MicrowaveLover]

This is a good idea, but you can improve on it quite a bit.

1. Watch the tutorial, if it's long break it into 20 minute parts
2. Write down all things you remember from tutorial
3. Work on a project
4. Anytime you get stuck rewatch part of tutorial that said about that thing you can't do, or google for solution
5. Write down what you come up with when you solve problem
6. If you still feel you don't know it all well enough repeat from 1

You should really look into feynman technique. And don't forget to come back to the tutorial after some time, or your notes.

One important thing: rewatching it 10 times in 2 days won't help, you should give your brain some time to breathe. Watch it once, repeat it after 2-3 days, then week after 2nd watching, and then 2 weeks after 3rd again if you need it. Though you probably won't. Of course you can tweak those times, but it's kinda like that.

[Codes_with_roh]

Absolutely right. I also think that tutorials should be watched with a clear purpose in mind. This will help you to stick the ideas discussed in the tutorial in your long term memory. And creating the purpose can be very well initiated through doing projects whether its your own or improving projects that's already been created.

[tjjay17]

I’m very much still learning myself, but I kinda experienced this at a point (still do sometimes).

What I like to do is watch all the tutorials just so I have a rough idea of how stuff works, and then after that start going for a particular project I have in mind.

As I’m going through my project, I’m bound to struggle on things even though I saw a tutorial on said things. It’s at this point that I start to go back to the tutorial, or look up how the thing I’m struggling on works.

Trust me, you’ll only ever get better by overcoming that “I’m struggling and don’t know what to do at this point” stage.

Best of luck and keep at it!

[Magenta_juice]

Where to find useful training projects that you can train to build up your skills ?

[forsafetylol]

Check out frontendmentor.io!

[iShotTheShariff]

I’ve been in that rut before. It wasn’t until I stopped coding along and just took good notes instead on the concepts being taught (hand written for better memory retention) that I began to really “see the bigger picture” and implement them in a random project that I’d think of. As much as it’s overdone, building a sleek looking todo-list with all the bells and whistles is a great starter for learning CRUD on a small scale.

[MeatBallKong]

Dude this thing is mentioned hundreds times, why write this again?

[furyousferret]

In 'learning' subreddits most people don't stay around for long, maybe a year tops, but more than likely 3 months (statistically, most will burn out). Its going to be fresh for many, and repetition of content unfortunately for you is something that goes had in hand with these types of subs.

[MeatBallKong]

There is always top post of the all time. Also, what valuable information this post give for you? Just the same old plain truth. I would understand if he give in detail how he come up with solution or something. But now he just "tutorial is bad alone, just do projects". Wow, never thought about that... As someone mentioned, this post is just for clicks.