Stop Watching Programming Tutorials This Way
Programming Tutorials are everywhere! Most beginners start watching tutorials when coding or learning a new programming language. There is nothing wrong with watching tutorials. But you should know how to do that in the right way. These simple tips will help all beginners who start their careers as developers.
Focus.
When you are watching tutorials, focus on the video thoroughly. Don’t sit and watch that as another entertainment video. If you don’t get what the lecturer has explained, re-watch it until you get the idea. Try to understand the concepts.
Stop watching tutorials like a tv series. If you have completed one chapter and feel that you have understood all the concepts there, stop watching the other chapters. Did You Learn?
Only watching a 10-hour course on React JS doesn’t mean that you know React JS. What would be your answer after one month? If you ask yourself, do you know React JS ? You may know the basic syntax of React JS. But you’ve never actually learned how to solve a particular problem with that.
After ending a chapter, try to build a very simple project using the theories you have learned.
Give more priority to short courses.
If you have already learned the fundamentals of programming, I suggest you watch “Crash Courses” or “Short courses” when you want to learn a new programming language or tech stack. Quickly you can get the basic idea of the new stack/language with those “Crash Courses.”
Trap.
Many people learning coding or programming languages are stuck for Tutorial Purgatory.
‘Tutorial Purgatory’ is where you try to learn a skill by going from tutorials, videos, lectures, etc. You are feeling like you are learning. But you aren’t because you are stuck when you ask to apply what you’ve learned.
Build…Build…Build
Spend more time applying the knowledge that you have gained from tutorials. That is the most valuable part.
Don’t build the same thing that you have seen in tutorials. Try to develop simple projects first. Get your hands dirty with coding.
Time.
You may get many errors while implementing things. You may demotivate. But don’t give up! It’s worth more than watching 100 tutorials. At one stage, you will improve your skills, and you will be able to apply the knowledge you gained from tutorials quickly.
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