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Discussion on: How long do you spend learning to code?

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Andy Mikula

That's a good question! The best advice I'd have to give you is that:

  1. Nothing beats actually doing something with what you've learned, and
  2. The best reason to learn something is to solve a problem you already have.

What this meant for me when I was starting out was that I learned the most by making mistakes with a project. I'd get to a point where I'd have to stop and think to myself, "Wow, I have no idea what to do about this..." and then I'd either have to read about how other people solved the problem, or try things until it worked. Sometimes I wouldn't understand why things worked until much later, but having already actually used what I'd learned, I was able to apply it to different situations until I did.

I realize this doesn't quite answer your question, but it will hopefully help you maximize the time you do have! Doing things will probably be a better use of your limited time than reading about it :)

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Reynaldo Veras

That is pretty crazy because I made my portfolio website page just by using google. I didn't know what I was doing but I later took a frontend track on treehouse. It was then I learned why certain things did and didn't work. I understand Html and css isn't really coding but I am just starting to learn javascript and I notice I had to slow down and try to understand what Im doing because im not picking it up as fast as html and css. That was good advice and I think im going to search up some simple apps I can build with javascript to get a better understanding