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Derin Bali
919 PointsHow much practice between lessons?
Hello My Fellow Beginner/Veteran, Future or Current, Coding Colleagues!
Just curios about what kind of rituals everyone else performs. I am a beginner at the moment so I've been just going through the lessons, acing the knowledge reviews and code challenges. Not really dwelling on messing around on my current html project. Plus, I'm trying to maintain about 4 hours a day doing the lessons.
So! Million dollar question is, whether one should get through the basic principals then return to customize every element. Versus, messing around as you go along?
5 Answers
rr21
6,398 PointsI think it depends on what you feel comfortable with, if you feel that you can do 4 hours a day while learning then do that. The important thing (at least for me) is to not wear yourself down to the point where your not even taking in the information properly, when I first started about 3 months ago I tried to cram way to much information in all at once.
It's okay to also re visit certain topics as well and look at documentation (Mozilla Developer Network is a good one) in fact I would recommend it.
What I personally do is after each section for a course I practice for about 30 minutes to 1 hour with the given topic (maybe more or less). I don't move on from a topic until I have a firm grasp and understanding either. I also try and implement them in projects I'm working on as I go a long or perhaps create a little project with what I'm learning.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsThe strategy that works for me is based on my understanding of the material. If everything in the lesson "clicks", and I feel like I have a very good understanding of it, proceeding directly to the next lesson / course / track works well.
On the other hand, if I'm unsure of my grasp on what was presented, some additional experimentation with the new information is very helpful in increasing my understanding and retention of the lesson.
Shane Robinson
7,324 PointsI'm in the same boat as Steven, but to add on that - even if I completely understood the material presented I like to go and experiment with it further just to cement the material.
Lauren Adam
6,312 PointsAt least so far, I've tried to take breaks between serious longer lesson sessions and customize the code myself. I've found the practice helps and there's more satisfaction to creating something that's yours.
Tirth Upadhyay
920 PointsWow! I am currently doing 10+2 . I usually get 1 hr a day for treehouse. Is that enough or i need to push hard and get some more time on here?
Derin Bali
919 PointsThank you for the responses, honestly I believe I've gained a bit of perspective on how to apply what I am learning here. At the moment I'm actually covering everything I've learned so far and translating it into a custom "mock-up" website where I'm trying to approach the material presented with a much more personal touch versus the actual core style which treehouse uses to deliver the context of ,so far, html and css basics. In any case thanks for the advice everyone!
The code must go on!