Intro

In this lesson, I’d like to give some advice on how I would approach this course, or even other coding courses you might take.

First Tip: Follow along with me

My first tip is to actually follow along with the different examples I’m doing. If you have some coding experience already, you might be able to just read the course, but you’ll definitely want to follow along with me if you’re a beginner. So you should download VS Code, and code along with me.

If it helps, you could read the lesson once just to get a feel for the topic, and then read it again and write the code on the second reading.

Second Tip: Copy me first

My second tip is to type things out exactly the way I type things out, or as close as you can when you first do the examples. The reason why is that it’ll be easier to tell if you’re doing things the right way or the wrong way if you copy me first.

Third Tip: Improvise

This leads to my third tip.

After copying the code from the lesson, you should try changing it and making it your own. In fact, maybe you’ll want to create two versions of each example: one where you do things the same way as me, and another where you change things up.

Copying me is a good way of making sure you’re writing the code out correctly, but it might not be the best way to remember the concept. If you copy then improvise, then you’ll have a better chance of remembering the concept, since you figured out how to make it your own. You’ll end up with a better sense of the limits around certain techniques or concepts.

Now you won’t usually see a note to change things up at the end of a lesson, but it is something you should keep in mind if you want to get more out of the course. So it’s something I expect you to do on your own if you think it’ll help.

End

So those are my tips for taking this and other coding courses. You don’t have to follow them, but I think they’ll help if you do.

I would also encourage you to think about other things you can do to get the most out of this course. You might think of some ideas that really work for you, and possibly others, when it comes to learning how to code.

So if you’d like, take some time to think about your learning style and what works best for you and see what you can come up with.