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Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Posted by Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

How long to spend reviewing a track

It's been a little while now since I gained any points on Treehouse, That's because as soon as I finished the Web Design track, which is an absolutely humongous track I decided to take a pause and review what I learned. So I redid the "How to make a website" course and I'm now working my way through the CSS Foundations course to refresh my memory.

My question is how long should I do this before it starts to hold me back? I intend to finish CSS Foundations again before I move on but I'm also itching to get started on seeing what else Treehouse has to offer.

2 Answers

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

Actually I'd recommend you use what you learned to start projects of your own so you can implement what you learned. That would be in my opinion the fastest way to retain everything. Review is helpful also but it's also good to practice what you learned.

A Few Questions.

  • Have you designed a layout or experimented with grid systems?

  • Do you know Photoshop pretty well and have you created anything with it?

  • What do you think is the toughest area for you, and maybe even what comes easiest?

I could think of some more questions, however, as you seem to already know, repetition will help you retain and understand this stuff.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

It's a tricky one. I understand most of the principals I learned in CSS Foundations and the rest of the web design track, but I haven't really applied them to a project yet because I'm so set in my ways.

I haven't really made a new project that applies the stuff learned in Treehouse, yet because of my current work schedule, but I should probably adapt Nick Pettit's website project in the first course and see where that leads me.

I'm quite familiar with HTML5, most aspects of CSS and photoshop. Illustrator still baffles me much though but I like to think I've picked up a lot of what the web design track as taught me.

So I should invent a project of my own that touches on the principles Treehouse has taught me?

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Well, even if it's just a simple layout, that's going to help you troubleshoot CSS and get a working knowledge of how things work more.

To me it sounds like you may be ready for the Web Development Track so you can get into JavaScript.

Workspaces are good to practice in also.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

Actually, I'd like to do the "Build a simple website course" first as that seems t complement the "interactive website" course in the Front End track. But yes I'll probably do that next. But I do want to get this extra CSS revision in first. Use this to create a CSS cheat sheet of my own. I've created notes as I've been going along the CSS Foundation videos.

I think one once this is done I'll just nip into the review videos as and when. But I think I'll benefit by spending this extra time on CSS. I still feel like i haven't got started yet and I've been with Treehouse nearly 3 months. )

Workspaces are the only thing about Treehouse i haven't gotten into yet.

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

Actually, I'd like to do the "Build a simple website course" first as that seems t complement the "interactive website" course in the Front End track. But yes I'll probably do that next. But I do want to get this extra CSS revision in first. Use this to create a CSS cheat sheet of my own. I've created notes as I've been going along the CSS Foundation videos.

I think one once this is done I'll just nip into the review videos as and when. But I think I'll benefit by spending this extra time on CSS. I still feel like i haven't got started yet and I've been with Treehouse nearly 3 months. )

Workspaces are the only thing about Treehouse i haven't gotten into yet.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

David McFarland (now working at Treehouse) has been writing CSS: The Missing Manual for some time now. You might check that one out too for a quick reference and refresher.