I am in a toxic relationship…
I cannot believe it’s been two whole weeks. I have been wanting to call it quits, but I can’t… because I am in love. I am in love with a programming language that makes me want to scream. Its name is JavaScript.
JavaScript Meme by @orincywhytedesigns
#100 DAYS OF CODE
Day 50 of my coding journey, and day 14 of my JavaScript journey. Html and CSS were an absolute breeze compared to the past 2 weeks of JS. Be aware, I have no intentions of giving up, as literally every single developer I’ve made contact with has given me the tea on JS. It is very hard to approach a programming language that relies on your problem solving and logic skills, when we haven’t been taught throughout the years to approach our learning this way. And that makes so much sense. Senior Developers have explained to me that even today, after years of coding, they too have days when they want to throw hands. With that said, I haven’t fully figured out my own approach to learning JS but one thing I do know for sure, because I want to learn and learn properly, I going to have to take it slow.
TAKE. YOUR. TIME.
Trying to breeze through the Codecademy course is not going to work for me. Trying to watch someone else’s progress, then attempting to match their’s is definitely NOT going to work. I have realized it’s going to take time to learn the syntax and then finding a way to learn how to problem solve. Currently, because I am a visual learner, after I’ve finished a particular section in Codecademy, I would go to youtube and find a video that matches what I’ve just learnt. I find I learn so much better when I can see and hear the code being explained, so if I am learning about objects and I will follow along in Codepen.
A LIFETIME TO GO
Javascript whiteboard notes by @orincywhytedesigns
So, I believe I have learnt a decent portion of the bare basics. You know, setting variables - let name = ‘Orincy Whyte’. I’ve learnt about functions, loops, arrays, objects, adding functions to objects (method functions). I have seen what JavaScript can do, and I am benefiting myself and future clients when I putting in the time and work. Yes, I have a lifetime of learning to go but for right now, I will continue reading and listening and developing a process to push me forward. Cheers to JavaScript, my new ‘toxic’ best friend.
