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Noel Hale
1,715 PointsMemorizing code & functions
Hi there,
not related to one particular subject more a general cry for help from the community!!
Doing the best i can to keep studying and learning web development but if i get caught up in my normal job or married life and not on treehouse for a couple of days panic set in!
I come back and sometimes feel like ive forgotten or cant quite remember the last part of java script I learnt and I start to fret a wee bit! The good thing is I fully understand and comprehend the learning, its more about trying to embed that learning to the memory banks!!
Just wondering had other students got techniques in studying or advice on how to instill the lessons and remember them better. ie structured notes, dictating to a voice recorder or just pure repetition??
At the minute I am just taken the lessons over and over again to try and embed them to memory but find its taken a long time constantly going back over everything!
Would appreciate any advice on studying techniques
Noel
3 Answers
Rodrigo Muñoz
Courses Plus Student 20,171 PointsHi Noel. I've being through something similar and what I do for processing all that information without getting anxious and keep it calm to learn properly is to do my own tutorial. For example I'm learning a programming language and I record (video screen) the same videos from the tutorials but with my own words (and in my native language). That keeps me calm and help me to have a schedule (even sometimes I cheat).
To memorize code & functions I recommend to you to build your own project, that will help you a lot to have some algorythms in your top of mind like when to use a function, an object, a for loop, if/else statement etc. Hope it helps.
Richard Nicholls
1,301 PointsI am starting to build my own library of code in a book, just writing down the main stuff really so I can access it when I need. I read a great book recently called The slight edge by Jeff Olsen (check spelling) it is very good for someone who is stepping into a new career.
christopher walsh
10,763 Pointsits important that after each stage and after each course, you use the code you just learned. not in a full on projects. just practice making boxes with css or do a couple of different true or false games with javascript.
you don't want to memorize, you want to learn.
it will also help you to expose yourself to as many different sources as possible. books, other websites besides treehouse, youtube vides, etc. I find that the same information is explained radically different in book form vs video/quiz form and from author to author.
your not going to remember everything. thats why theres so many open source documentation of all the codes and how everything works.
just remember, don't memorize it. Use it. being creative and writing code outside the videos is what will really but this stuff in your brain.