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Joseph Potts
11,187 PointsHow to use Treehouse
I've gone through the How to Make a Simple Website and HTML Deep Dive courses. When you guys go through these, what is your learning style?
Do you write notes on a notebook or a text editor? Do you type in the code while the video is being played? (that's what I do)?
I'd really like to know how you guys follow the videos so that I can find an effective way to do the tracks.
4 Answers
John Weland
42,478 PointsWhat I often do is have some paper out if I feel there is something I need to take notes on, I follow along if its a skill I am learning that I have little or no history with so that I can learn my doing. And I do the quizzes and code challenges. While you can 'skip the quizzes and challenges I never do. it solidifies what I am learning by doing it as well.
Carman A
7,672 PointsI make web pages and play around with what I learn. It's great for me cuz I'm a learn by doing type of person. It's also nice to make things and being able to go back and "steal" code for a different project.
adam radcliffe
372 PointsI like to copy the videos with my own or similar code on a dual screen setup so I can watch videos on one screen code on a bigger screen I do also write notes in a book if it's something new well try to anyway it helps log in my memory save time from googling I do also like to repeat as much as possible the videos if I'm stuck or ask the forum that's how I learn on tree house as well it is interesting it's one of the best learn code sites I have been on
Abderrahim Oukioud
37 Pointsi always though it's learning by doing. not just videos
Joseph Potts
11,187 PointsJoseph Potts
11,187 PointsI never skip the exercise parts. They're pretty much mandatory if I want to make sure I understood a lesson.
John Weland
42,478 PointsJohn Weland
42,478 Pointsoops meant to post that here...
Exactly
Joseph Potts
11,187 PointsJoseph Potts
11,187 PointsWhat I also do is, when writing things like CSS while the videos are being played, I make sub-folders of the lessons and save the code in their respective folders as well. That way, I can revise those lessons just by reading the code.
I tried the note-taking technique, but that takes way too long for me and frankly, its' quite boring (for me at least).