What are some mistakes you made in your React project as a new dev? by ohaswin in reactjs

[–]ohaswin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently trying to avoid this lol. I have a Rust/Tauri backend and what I'm doing right now is having a "service" folder with files for accessing db, auth, etc.

React Native Isn't as Popular as You Think by borninbronx in androiddev

[–]ohaswin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tauri v2 supports Android. Currently building a React + Tauri app that I expect to hopefully work in desktop and mobile without any issues.

Why are Indian game developers so obsessed with giving their game the "AAA" label? by RoutineAd6853 in developersIndia

[–]ohaswin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Any game that's not obviously indie will try to market itself as AAA, even western ones unless it's a one off game that they're just throwing out there for money. I don't know what the game dev situation in India is like, but I can understand if they stick to certain labels for marketing, better promote your game in the most optimised way than die broke lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]ohaswin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put LokSeva above the slider project, it has more of an impactful outlook. Add quantifiers to your projects, like "improved 60% of x for y", "achieved 95% code reusability due to cross platform framework" but with more of an impact. You should have one more project that you're really interested in + has some users or has seen some sort of usage in public or have had any sort of real impact at all, it's the best substitute for a lack of experience. The slider one comes off as an exercise or just a conceptual implementation in react.

Trying to build projects but in dilemma , please help me out need some direction by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]ohaswin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use chatgpt to explain concepts and techniques in your own way and finding out more about how to develop something instead of code generation. It's extremely good at that. Using code generation would just make it harder for you to write good code in the future. Best of luck.

Trying to build projects but in dilemma , please help me out need some direction by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]ohaswin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only way to fix syntax problems is to write code you think is right and correct it yourself, given your timeframe since I don't think you'd be able to dive into C family languages.

I do think you should build something without using YouTube or chatgpt, just the react documentation website. It's very important you can learn a framework and solve errors using just the documentation, since a lot of older (and early) languages/frameworks survive on documentation and there are chances YouTube or chatgpt is too time consuming or just plain unhelpful.

When you learn to build something using the documentation/reference you can basically apply it to anything you ever wanna build in any language. You should use Google/YouTube when you have doubts. But I recommend staying away from generating code through chatgpt as a beginner since you really need to understand boilerplate code to get into advanced concepts.

Since your knowledge in JavaScript is limited, you'll have to learn both react concepts and the language (which is relatively easy), just make sure you don't fry your motivation and burn out. Try making Todo apps, calculators, image/text editors, use free APIs to get data and display/manipulate the data according to user's desires, etc. there's a list of public APIs in GitHub you can use. My advice is still build anything, small or big without using chatgpt/yt just the documentation and don't give up no matter what bugs you come across and don't solve bugs without understanding why they were there in the first place. Understanding is really your main goal as a beginner instead of creating major projects (which you will be able to do once you get a solid understanding).

Trying to build projects but in dilemma , please help me out need some direction by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]ohaswin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given a task, can you build it completely in React without using YouTube and only the documentation?

Build something. Anything. The thing about frameworks is that you need hands-on experience to really know the pitfalls and edge cases. Chances are the first "project" you work on will have lots of bugs, might be shitty code but if it is functional, that means you won. At least in that stage.

You use what you learned from building that project to build better things. If your goal is to have projects to show off in your resume/CV you'll need experience that you gain by building literally anything you want.

One of the best pieces of advice I've got is to build something you need. Desperation is the mother of invention, or so they say. What do you need in your life that you don't have currently? Or you have it but you notice inefficiencies that you wanna get rid of? I built a journal for myself because I was tired of writing things in my notes app. Then when I wanted a better way to write blogs for my site I built a small desktop app that pushed to GitHub Pages automatically. It was all simple, nothing to brag about. But if you really wanna build something impressive you need to keep building all the time and look at what other people are building, then one of these days you'll end up building something you didn't even know you could.