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Shoutout to the freeCodeCamp curriculum for something I didn't expect

I tried their JavaScript algorithms and data structures course expecting it to be basic, but the challenges got hard fast around step 80. I spent 4 hours on one problem about palindrome checking and learned that I actually needed to slow down and read docs instead of just guessing.

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nancy929•4d ago

Local library vs online course for learning Python basics

I spent 2 weeks going back and forth between the free Python class at my local library and a $30 Udemy course. Ended up going with the library because the instructor was right there to answer dumb questions. Anyone else find in-person help way better when you are just starting out?

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grant.parker•4d ago

Guy at the coding meetup told me I was overcomplicating my first project

I spent 3 weeks building a to-do app with React and Redux last month, and some dude who's been coding for 10 years looked at it and said 'why not just use plain JavaScript and localStorage.' Has anyone else had their fancy project completely wrecked by a simple fix like that?

c/coding-for-beginners

Shoutout to the freeCodeCamp curriculum for something I didn't expect

Local library vs online course for learning Python basics

Guy at the coding meetup told me I was overcomplicating my first project

Found a cheat code for debugging CSS with my browser's dev tools that saved me hours

Debugged my first real function after 3 weeks of staring at the screen

Why does no one mention how tricky Python indentation is?

Shoutout to the old way I used to debug code with print statements everywhere

Vent: Spent 4 hours on a CSS grid layout yesterday...

Found out 90% of coding tutorials use bad variable names and it bugs me

Heard a guy at a coffee shop say "just learn React" to a beginner and it bugged me

My coworker told me I was wasting time learning Python first

Thought I didn't need to learn Git. Got humbled fast.

Pro tip: That freecodecamp.org course actually helped me land a gig

Changed my mind about using online code editors after a slow work computer made me try one

My big shift from copying code to actually writing it myself

Shoutout to the person who told me to use semicolons in JavaScript

Wrote my first Python script to rename 200 files instead of doing it by hand

Shoutout to the free online course that finally made arrays click for me

Warning: buddy told me to skip version control on my first project

Warning: my code crashed my browser because of one infinite loop i didn't catch

Found out my code was running 60% slower because of one dumb habit

Wasted $150 on a coding bootcamp prep course and learned nothing new

A senior dev told me to stop writing comments for things my code should say itself

I finally tried using a linter on my first real project after 2 months of messing up my own code

My first Python script crashed for 2 hours because of a single typo