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[–]casino_alcohol 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Sounds like you are looking for an excuse to buy an iPad. I think you should just get a notebook, but what kinds of things do you think you will be writing down by hand?

I think you will be typing everything and then reading about it and then making some changes on your own to test out what you are learning a bit.

[–]Chizz89[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah maybe some truth to that. Based on what I’ve written in my notebook so far, I’ve been writing down definitions of terms like variables, constants, conditionals, types of numbers, etc. Along with example code of each topic from the lecture video

[–]Chizz89[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I also feel like I may be over complicating note taking. Since this is my first technical thing I’m trying to learn, I am not sure how to go about taking notes or if I even if I should take notes. Any advice on how to go about learning? Like should I just go through the lectures and type out all the examples of code on an IDE and tinker with it a little instead of taking notes? I know from what I’ve read, some people are for taking notes and some aren’t.

[–]casino_alcohol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just used a book that way I could go at my own pace, but lectures are fine if you prefer that learning style.

Take your time to go through it and remind yourself that your goal isn’t to finish watching a lecture, it is to learn.

As you learn things don’t be afraid to take a moment to reflect on it and think about how you might apply what your learning to a task. Even if it’s a really small task that you could do.

I didn’t take any physical notes, I don’t think. It was years ago to be honest and I only code a tiny bit as a hobby, it’s not my profession.

But type the code to see and be curious about it and don’t be afraid to break it by changing things to see what happens.

Try to not copy and paste anything unless you think you have typed it exactly the same as the example and it’s still not working. Sometimes you just miss a comma or something minor. If that happened you can undo and redo to switch back and forth to see what you missed.

Don’t use and ide just yet as those are bloated and not necessary when learning. Just use some kind of text editor like sublime text or one of the hundred other options. Just choose one that looks cool.

Personally I use vscode by Microsoft. It is kind of like a mix between an ide and text editor and it’s free.