Feeling overwhelmed and intimidated

Hi Sean! The video Steven posted will really help you. Javascript is hard and I felt the same with Javascript. With the project you are working on, try doing the parts that you know how to do, experiment and test the work, and take breaks. Keep working, it will pay off a lot when you come to other languages and other smaller projects. Hope this helps and happy coding!

Hi everyone. Thanks for the moral support. It's reassuring to know I'm not alone.

Steven Parker, I know you've helped me and lots of others many times and I'm grateful. I watched the episode you shared with me twice and I liked it. You and the other contributors raise some excellent points. I've also read Jennifer Nordell's blog post with interest. We are all sliding along the learning curve. Jennifer mentioned under "Scaling the cliffs" that there comes a time when things get significantly more difficult. I think this project is that time for me.

Happy coding to you all!

Just want to add that this is quite a concept to tackle especially since most of the courses prior to OOP (Object Oriented Programming) in JavaScript were walking you through the fundamentals. There is a reason I have been developing on the front end with JavaScript and still come back to reference these videos. It may take time to learn but just keep at it!

What really helped me was first understanding objects... how to adjust, edit, and define them. And then I when you throw the functions in to these objects, it is just one more layer to the mix. After a while, this just 'clicks' (took 2 years for me tackle it again because it was such a pain)!

So, as Ursula McGee said ever so brilliantly,

Take breaks, listen to music, dance and grab a cup a tea. You can do this.

Best of luck to you! I am positive you will understand this sooner than you think if you haven't already.

It's okay to feel this way. I try to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. When I couldn't finish the last challenge in the Loops, Arrays, and Objects Lesson, I convinced myself that coding wasn't for me and stopped for a couple weeks. Currently I'm redoing the JavaScript course and now I'm up the Object-Oriented section. Right now I feel overwhelmed like you, but that's okay. It comes down to practice and asking help.

From my perception (could be off) Andrew is using the MVC strategy (Model View Controller). A composite OO design pattern created using the Observer pattern for the model, Composite pattern for the view, and Strategy pattern for the controller.