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nicolasvicentini
5,566 PointsShould I be taking notes?
I am quiet new in the Front end development track. I have almost completed the first step creating a web-site, and made every challenge OK, but I am afraid that it is a lot of information and won't be able to remember all of it. Should I be taking notes or is there a file to download with all the important info every video has?
5 Answers
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsOh yessss, you should . Notes are really important for a sufficient learning in my opinion . When i started to learn HTML/CSS , and then i went onto fany stuff, i put comments and all the code into one big messed up project. But it was fine because i had everything there and if i want to make something in unique project , i just go there and see how its done and if any problems , i commented it out . Same with JS , comment some things, make a massive project and then pick things up .
Or just take simple notes as like var mean = ..
or to create a player in JS i need for example SKSpriteNode or whatever so you got the grasp .
Thats what i think is good.
Hope it helps :)
bdw Hi
Andrew McCormick
17,730 PointsI go back and forth on this. Sometimes I take notes, sometimes I just watch. Typically if I'm new to a topic, I watch the video(s) then go back again and take notes. This way I'm taking notes while understanding the bigger picture and my notes seem a lot more to the point and meaningful.
Jovanny Elias
16,204 PointsI really think it's a matter of how you learn best. For example me I don't learn very well when I take notes. I prefer to watch the video try out what is being done then rewatching it at 2x speed. I only rewatch videos that I feel I did not fully understand. What I think is much more important is having a list of resources you can look at when your not sure of how to use certain elements. There are plenty of sites that have great documentation so that you can reference them when your not sure how to use something or to see if the element you are using is compatible with what browser. You should try writing notes down and if you see that it's not for you you can always stop. Good luck
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsWhat i do is i pause the video , understand what he do and take note of it. Now , that i have been gone throw the tutorials. Im going over them again so i know now how it works and theres like nothing new tbh . I just get it in practice and i can start my own project adding the functions or whatever to the game or website and make it works and learn from it . And as i mentioned above.
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 PointsHi Nicolas,
I have started to take code snippets of things I want to refer back to and keep them in my Dropbox for handy reference later on. Also I think it is highly important that you also utilise the resources section found in many of the videos and start getting a handle on where to get the information rather than trying to remember everything you learn.
You will spend more time taking on things you have "touched on" or sort of covered rather than the direct examples used in most of the training videos.
nicolasvicentini
5,566 PointsGreat! Thank you Jacobus, and thank you all guys ! It is great advice for me.
nicolasvicentini
5,566 Pointsnicolasvicentini
5,566 PointsHi there!
Sure, I certainly must take notes! Thanks for the advices!