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Discussion on: How to convince junior developers to learn basics first?

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John Kazer

Unless the know the basics they won't know why particular framework is good or bad for the task in hand.

When I started building web apps I had little idea of the capabilities or risks in different approaches. There was just too much info. And not enough appreciation on my part about what web apps really are. Still learning of course!

So I stuck with the simple as a way of avoiding unknown pitfalls. People often asked why I wasn't using X, y or z.

Now I feel I'm starting to know enough about how to decide what approach works for me and how to select between X, y and z.