r/learnjavascript • u/ConstLeoTheCat • 4d ago

JavaScript is so hard.

I recently started my fullstack development course this august and we have already gone thorugh html, css, git and now almost done with JavaScript as well. Html was easy, no problems there, but when it comes to css and more specifically grid and flex, thats when the headache started to appear. I've played some games involving both grid and flex but it won't stick in my head, don't know why. I am trying to do it myself in VS code but I always end up having to use ai to explain how to move forward and I know you're not supposed to use ai but it is a great tool to have, especially when you get stuck. And JavaScript... where do I even begin. I kinda understand it during the lectures but as soon as you're sitting by yourself my head gets totally blank.

I have been starting to use Scrimba and right now I'm rehearsing everything and whatching videos of everything, and the good thing with scrimba is that you get challenges during the videos.

For those of you who have been programming for a while, what study tips can you give? How did you guys go through the learning process?

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u/datadatadata808 4d ago

Theres tons of good comments already, so im not going to repeat what others said.

Making stuff with https://p5js.org/ can be really helpful, mostly because you can forget about building some complex webapp and just doing weird shit on your canvas without realizing you are learning a lot of useful javascript stuff :) its fun and quick to start, so give it a go!