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adie bonan
14,670 PointsJava Script Tutorials... Issue
To Whom It May Concern,
I like Treehouse and way it's set up. But I'm having serious issue with Java Script Tutorials. I don't mean to criticise Jim Hoskins, but the tutorials are spoken really fast without giving enough time for the listener to match what they're seeing on the screen. I've tried to bypass some materials and just go with the flow hoping that the tutorials will get better or come closer with the HTML and CSS tutorials, but it seems like it's getting worse. This is a big issue. If you Google some of the answers to the quiz, there're many complaints of many things not being clear. So clearly I'm not the only one feeling this.
2 Answers
Renzo Quick
Courses Plus Student 2,139 PointsI agree, and I think even beyond it being too fast, I think the examples could be more interesting. With such a bland example being used, the tutorial gets confusing. If the examples were leading to something practical and specific it would be MORE ENGAGING. Hoskins has many great stretches where he is very clear and helpful, however, occasionally the transcript is very wordy which leads to hazy instructions. I have to admit, on occasion I found myself going to Youtube tutorials to get clarification. Here is one passage where the instruction could have been more concise and clear:
"Literally, Jim, Nick, Amit, and any other person can share the exact same function, greet, with each other because the way that method invocations apply a value to this as they're called, the context can be derived right at the time they're called instead of creating a different greet method for each and every person."
To recap, examples leading to a simple and practical example combined with less run-on language would clean everything right up.
Lush Sleutsky
14,044 PointsOK, wellI am glad at least I am not the only one who thinks this. I know this thread is kinda old, but truth be told, I'm surprised that there aren't more critiques of Jim Hoskins. I agree with the thread starters points, and there is serious issues with the entire JavaScript section, it seems like. I know that nothing can be done, but I am glad that at least I am not the only that thinks this. It is very hard to do the quizzes and code challenges, since Jim does a very poor job at "teaching," but rather a good job of explaining that he knows what he's doing...