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Dan Shelzer
5,456 PointsWhy are there so many repetitive things being talked about in each video?
I notice that most of the videos at Treehouse are incredibly repetitive with simple things. I get being a beginner and all but I think it is very annoying and makes me not want to even watch Treehouse videos. Things like, "You can open up a new Workspace like 'this' so that you can code along...." in the middle of a track. I can see going over that a few times inside the first course of a track but halfway through my JavaScript track, I don't want to hear that in every video. By that time, someone should be intuitive enough to know how to open up a workspace. This is just one example but these little things take away from what someone is actually trying to learn. That 10-20 seconds in every video can be used explaining code, not how to do the most basic of things. Another BIG annoying feature is going over how to save a file in every video. People aren't stupid. We know how to save stuff. Again, it's appropriate in the first few videos but not in the middle of a track. Why don't you guys (Treehouse) create a short series on interacting with Treehouse that people can take if they are confused about different things and remove those 10-20 seconds in every video? That would such a better solution.
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john larson
16,594 PointsLol, maybe you're smarter than a lot of us :D
Dan Shelzer
5,456 PointsI'm not saying that at all. I don't think that it takes much to remember how to save a simple file or how to launch workspaces. It has nothing to do with actual coding. It has to do with simple things that are talked about in nearly every video. 15 hours into my fullstack js course and the teachers should not be covering how to save a file. If someone honestly does not know how to save a file in the middle of a js course, then maybe working with computers/code is not for them. But I think we can all manage saving stuff. It's pretty simple.
Dan Shelzer
5,456 PointsBesides... A pre-requisite course/how-to course would be great. They could take away all of the annoying things from videos and if someone is struggling with simple things like that, they can just refer back to that course. It just make more logical sense.
john larson
16,594 PointsHey Clayton, I just took a peek at your Facebook. You definitely like like you have a bit of programming under your belt. As annoying as it may be for you, some of us (me) needed that constant reminder to save, save, save. The first thing I do now if code isn't doing what I expected is save. (pavlovs dog). You're obviously beyond that. You already know some back-end so node.js should be a breeze for you. I opted for Python. I love it.
Dan Shelzer
5,456 PointsYeah, you're right. I'm aspiring to be a professional dev, not a hobby dev. I guess I need to be a little past saving a file.