Learning adventure order

I don't think Christopher was suggesting that the other courses aren't necessary. I think he wanted to know if it was best to a) do all the courses in the order presented in the learning adventure or b) do some of the courses in parallel.

I actually have the same question, only pertaining to the Ruby on Rails Adventure. For example, on the RoR Adventure, would it make more sense to do the "Introduction to Programming" alongside the "CSS Foundations" or "Console Foundations" alongside "Ruby Foundations." Or just do everything in order, straight through.

The main reason I ask (and this may be more specific to my situation), but as someone spending several hours per day working through the content (I'd aiming to work through the full RoR adventure + pertinent Codecademy exercises in ~2 months), I'm finding that there is an awful lot of syntax to take in all at once. Would I perhaps be better served to work through the syntax-heavy modules more slowly so everything has more time to sink-in, but keep my pace fast by working on other modules in parallel?

I suppose really my question is: assuming one had 100% of one's time to devote to an adventure, is there a more optimal way to progress through the content than in the order suggested? Or should one just move more slowly, and supplement with other content/activities outside Treehouse? Or perhaps both?

Joshua Sommerfeld -

Mod note: Personally I think your query belongs in it's own thread not hijacking Christopher Leonard's thread.

is there a more optimal way to progress through the content than in the order suggested

In general, trying to learn multiple things at once is sub-optimal. Also you can't learn everything in one place so seeking out additional resources is also a good way to help bolster understanding of new topics. Learning to program is a marathon not a sprint. I generally recommend people do 1 hour, 1 badge, 1 day to allow the info time to sink in.

However if you wanted to do it full time I suppose you could double that, do 2 badges in one sitting. Then do another hour or two of practice the skills you just learned. To break things up, do some reading on related topics outside of learning syntax for a few hours. Then repeat the process, that should fill out an 6 to 8 hour day pretty nicely.

Often there's a reason for the order for instance, CSS is needed before JQuery and Console Foundations is helpful before Ruby on Rails.

Hi James --

I didn't mean to highjack Christopher's thread. I've never really used a forum before, so am kind of new to the etiquette. My apologies to all for that.

I like your idea on how to better fill a 6-8 hour block of time in ways other than cramming a bunch of syntax down one's throat. Anytime I've done more than 2 badges in a sitting it feels a bit too much like "drinking from a fire-hose." I found an old thread you posted on supplementary resources and ways to practice.

Thanks again, Josh