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Posted by Calvin Castillo
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Calvin Castillo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,494 Points

How long do people normally study for?

I am learning front-end web development, but find it hard to retain a lot of the information in these lessons. How do other people go about studying in one sitting, and how do you maintain focus and retain everything you just learned?

6 Answers

nissen
nissen
9,130 Points
nissen
nissen
9,130 Points

As a developer you will have to continuously learn new stuff. If you want to retain anything, try creating your own projects and apply what you've learned. The Time estimate to learn a track is complete wrong, most of it should at least be 2 to 3 times the amount stated. Take notes, create your own cheatsheet, and don't forget to go back to codes you written and try to find ways to improve these by applying new techniques learned. If you have other people doing the same course, try code reviewing together. Most people will forget what they've learned the same day if the don't see any importance in what they just learned. Make sure you understand the basics first, the rest will eventually come.

Calvin Castillo
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Calvin Castillo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,494 Points

Thank you for this, very well said and will be very helpful!

grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points
grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points

but you could reduce that a little depending on what your goals are.

Calvin Castillo
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Calvin Castillo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,494 Points

How do you manage to study for that long? I sit through two videos and already get burned out

grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points
grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points

Yes. I have been there, believe me it takes time. It took me 6 months to learn html, not because I hated it, but because it was very confusing at first. There will be a point in the learning process where all languages will just be a piece of cake. For me. It tool 1 year before I could actually enjoy designing websites and working with node.js for the backend databases sql. Now im learning python.

grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points
grant Mitchell
grant Mitchell
6,919 Points

I could help you. download atom and discord.app. GrantMitchell1800#9722

Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points
Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points

For me its reps like working out or martial arts. i still struggle with nav bars a little... so I've built probably 30 in codepen. different styles, looking up different resources. I also try to not just use treehouse, and watch videos again if needed. some of them are way too quick or glance over topics that might need more explaining.

take the first media query intro (please tell me there are more?) it ruined me, i know now i need them but have no idea how to really utilize them.