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For me, this is very useful for experimenting and developing new ideas after completing a step. It helps me to remember and understand the functionalities offered by specific items (I found this especially useful when trying to remember all of the pseudo-classes). Especially with web design and coding, I believe that the best way to learn is to actually dive in and start tinkering with it yourself, rather than just watching a video or reading a textbook.

Additionally, I often discover new techniques to achieve specific layouts/designs which I then save as templates for later use.

Hope this helps :)

The way i do things is to watch the lesson, then once it is complete i re-watch it, but as they are demonstrating code i work along side with Coda 2, by the end of the course i have made the exact same files as they provide with the lesson. I also get to do each lesson twice, but doing the actual code myself means I'm getting a lot more practice, i learn more by doing rather than just watching.

You actually make a good point, which is that the files should probably be distributed at Git repos where you can rewind the code to a particular lesson. The massive downside to this is that most of the stuff on Treehouse is beginner level and throwing another fat layer of complexity on top could be considered a nonstarter.

Hi Shane, The same happened to me. I was doing fine with the fluid layout and the media queries and then stage 4 came a bit too quickly for me. What I did was to compare my files with the project files and try to catch up that way. Good luck! :)

> I don't really follow along with what they do in the videos, i tend to extract the information they are giving, and then use the techniques on my own projects.

+1 for this advice from Adam Sackfield

I always say the videos are for acquiring knowledge and the code challenges are for applying them.

Also there's a great forum thread on taking notes vs following along in a code editor when watching the videos