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Douglass Smith
Douglass Smith
2,083 Points
Posted by Douglass Smith
Douglass Smith
2,083 Points

How do you remember?

I just finished the "advanced selectors" section of CSS Foundations. Of course I received the form "congratulations" email from Guil H. stating how I how a "solid" understanding of selectors now I can move on to the next section. You got to be kidding! How can you feel comfortable moving on when you have trouble retaining all of the codes and their functions? Now I understand you have to in part practice them to become more familiar...but how can you better retain the code structures and their functions as your going through these videos? To me the quiz (s) and challenges are useless! Any better ideas on retaining this info so I can move on?

4 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,147 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,147 Points

Forget trying to memorize them all. It ain't happening. The biggest thing to know that there are CSS advance selectors, and now move on. Later down the road if the situation arises, you'll remember there are advance selectors to use, and you can go back and use some sort of documentation to use them correctly.

I use this a lot to remind me. http://css-tricks.com/attribute-selectors/

But believe me, I've been messing around for almost 3 years with coding. I still to this day rely heavily on the WP Codex, or the PHP documention, or the Moz Docs (Mozilla Developer Network) to remind me of syntax and what exactly is available. The most important thing IMO is to know what is available, but not every single option and syntax for it. There is no shame in using documentation going forward.

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points
Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points

Couldn't have said that better.

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points
Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points

If you're struggling with a section you can redo it. There are also some links in some of the video pages for further reading. I can't retain it all and have to go to the google to refresh my memory often. The more you use it the more it sticks.

Keep in mind you're learning a new language. You wouldn't expect to go through a Rosetta Stone course once and be fluent in Russian.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

I keep telling people about it and you might check it out.

http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/12/05/janki-method.html

Douglass Smith
Douglass Smith
2,083 Points
Douglass Smith
Douglass Smith
2,083 Points

Thanks everyone for responding! It's feels better to know what others have gone through and the realities of learning and how others handle it. I will take all of your advise and put it to good use as I continue with the courses...thanks again it is a big help!