Stop Watching Programming Tutorials

Web Dev Simplified · Beginner ·🌐 Frontend Engineering ·3y ago

Key Takeaways

The video discusses the importance of project-based learning in programming, highlighting the limitations of solely relying on tutorials and the benefits of applying knowledge through progressive project building.

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if you're really struggling to learn programming and you're constantly watching tutorials trying to learn more and more and more you're actually doing it wrong spending so much time trying to gather knowledge is not the best way to learn and instead the best way to learn is to gather enough knowledge and then spend your time building out projects with Progressive difficulty that get larger and larger and larger and while you're building those projects use tutorials and videos to try to supplement your knowledge that you have with the knowledge you need to gain in order to finish and build those projects you will be far more motivated successful and knowledgeable if you spend your time building projects instead of spending all your time watching tutorials this is why in all of my courses I try to get you to building projects as quickly as possible and base the entire course around building projects that help cement the knowledge you're learning and if you're not sure what projects to build that are going to be easy enough for you I recommend going to the table of contents for my course and looking at the projects there in order because it'll give you a perfect progression of projects you can build I'll leave that link down in the comments below

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JavaScript Simplified Course Table Of Contents: https://javascriptsimplified.com/advanced-table-of-contents/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video-description&utm_campaign=video-id-4fXOjwl2HOQ React Simplified Course Table Of Contents: https://reactsimplified.com/beginner-table-of-contents 🌎 Find Me Here: My Blog: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com My Courses: https://courses.webdevsimplified.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WebDevSimplified Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevSimplified Discord: https://discord.gg/7StTjnR GitHub: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified CodePen: https://codepen.io/WebDevSimplified #Shorts
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The video emphasizes the importance of project-based learning in programming, encouraging viewers to apply their knowledge by building projects with progressive difficulty, rather than solely relying on tutorials. This approach helps to cement knowledge, increase motivation, and ultimately lead to greater success in programming.

Key Takeaways
  1. Gather enough knowledge to start building projects
  2. Start with small projects and progress to larger ones
  3. Use tutorials to supplement knowledge as needed
  4. Apply knowledge to real-world scenarios
  5. Build projects with progressive difficulty
  6. Utilize tutorials effectively to fill knowledge gaps
💡 Project-based learning is a more effective way to learn programming than solely relying on tutorials, as it allows for the application of knowledge and the development of problem-solving skills.

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