if I have no experience in coding is team tree house really able to teach me everything I need so I can land a job?

Remember, these are just my opinions and suggestion. Mainly just trying to help encourage people to set achievable goals, and stick to it. Because I believe in us!

I pay attention as best I can, but I've gotten comfortable with the fact that I am incapable of absorbing all of the info on the first pass.

I pay attention to whether I'm able to concentrate. When it's time to take a break, I take a break. That could happen at any time. I just try to use one hour as a minimum time spent learning. That's easier after a day spent doing more mundane tasks. Sometimes I can power through and hit two hours.

One hour is just a suggested goal, not a rule. But think about it, a minimum of one hour a day for thirty days is thirty hours in a month. Now think about that. If you do that as a bare minimum for six months, then you've done one hundred eighty hours. Now add in the days that you have some extra gumption to do two hours. Or a weekend where you put in three or four. That starts to add up.

Also, don't treat what you're doing on Treehouse like a game of memorization. You'll not be able to remember it all. The important part is that you build some context to allow your brain to make connections between concepts. Because beyond learning the syntax of whatever language you are learning, you're also learning a new way to think, a way to solve problems programmatically. It's like a muscle, it takes regular exercise. That's why I think doing a little a day is more important and effective than cramming the same amount of time into a weekend. You'll build more muscle by doing an hour of exercise a day [with rest between] for thirty days than trying to cram thirty hours of exercise into a few days.

Don't forget to use the things you are doing on Treehouse on your own projects and do some deliberate practice writing programs. That's why I suggest that book, Exercises for Programmers. Prime the pump and build context with Treehouse. Then practice that stuff, using documentation as much as possible to figure out syntax. But feel free to revisit a past course from Treehouse. I've done that many times.

Cheers!

Here's my .0002 cents worth : : )

I've been doing Treehouse for the last few months. I actually started last fall, did about a week or two of intense 40 hours a week. Then, realized at the end of it that I was doing too much, too quickly. I stopped for a few months, and contemplated the whole thing.

Since January, I've been doing Treehouse and a couple of months of Codecademy. I'm a visual learner so Treehouse resonates with me more. But, having said that, Codecademy has online Advisors that can answer your questions pretty much immediately when you are working on Projects, or course work. That is pretty helpful.

But, what has truly helped more than anything else has been applying the "Sandbox" approach. Whatever you are working on put it in Codepen.io and have fun with it! Explore it, investigate, create variations, see how far you can take it. Then, take a break. I try to do 25 minute intervals of working with new material. Take a 5 minute break, then go back for more. This prevents me from getting in the deep end only to find out that I have not retained the information well enough, or as well as I thought at the time.

The other thing that has helped me tremendously has been to work on my own Projects outside of the courses, applying and getting used to "process", getting used to having to search for answers, getting used to being frustrated by things not working out, getting to used to getting stuck and being frustrated. There is a great deal of confidence that is built by simply creating your own stuff, and solving your own problems.

I am constantly searching Youtube and the Web for tutorials and examples. One of my favorites = DevTips. Travis is a cool dude, and very good at explaining what he is doing as he does it. And, he's hilarious. There are many others, too.

Another HUGE help has been looking at other websites using Chrome Developer tools. I'm a musician, and the way you learn music is by learning other people's music first, then make your own. I take this approach with coding, which is fascinating to me. So, everyday....I am analyzing other people's websites, looking at their code, and styles...seeing if I can spot things I am already familiar with, constantly deconstructing what I see. Then seeing if I can implement what I've seen into my own little projects. Application is key!

Another thing - Listen to Podcasts! Listen to people discuss this stuff....absorb the dialogue. It's just like learning a language...IT IS A LANGUAGE. You can't practice Spanish by silently repeating phrases in Spanish. You have to speak it aloud.

I am a newbie just like many others here. Check out GitHub, Codepen.io, Chrome Developer Tools and all the other great tools that exist. We're literally living in the most amazing time to be able to teach yourself anything and everything at the touch of a button. IT'S CRAZY!

For JavaScript, in case you're interested, The Missing Manual is a GREAT Book. So much stuff to have SO MUCH FUN with!

I hope this helps. At least it was cathartic for me. Ha.a.a..a.aaaa!! I know I feel better!

-jS