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1. You need to find a resource that works the best for you
It could be video courses, docs, or interactive tutorials
You don't know which one is the best for you if you never tried all of them
This is what you should focus on before starting to learn
2. You need to take notes
This will not only help you stick the knowledge in your head but it will also help you for reference later
Use a website like Notion or Evernote and write everything you learn about
Each week or month go over these notes to see your progress!
3. You need to be consistent
Coding is something new for your brain and he needs time to understand it
One thing that can help speed up this process is being consistent
This way you expose your brain more to coding so it will understand everything faster
4. You need to play around with concepts
How?
Let's say that you learned about function today
Then build 5 more functions on your own
After that use a function with some loops too or with anything you learned in the past
This will prepare you for building projects
5. Courses don't teach you programming
Programming is different from coding
Coding is just writing the code
Programming is more than writing code. It is about debugging, solving problems, and more
You learn programming by building projects on your own
6. You don't need to learn everything
If you're a developer HTML, CSS and JavaScript is enough to build websites
Maybe learn a framework like React but that is not necessary
You don't need to learn every new technology that appears
7. "Master" the fundamentals
You'll use the basics 90% of the times
If you don't have a good base everything you'll try in the future will fall apart
Take your time to learn these and "master" them
8. You need to build projects
This is the only way you get to the next level because you can't just watch tutorials all-day
This will be the part where you'll learn the most
Remember that you need to learn to program not to code
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