Tutorial Hell
When we start with programming, we often get stuck with only learning from tutorials and creating exact replica of projects as shown that course. But after a while when we visit same project we often get confused with the same code. Many of us won’t be able to build that same project from scratch without any help. This is a serious trouble and shows that while it looks like we are learning something while coding with our instructor, most often it is that we are just copying the code.
How to get out of this Labyrinth?
One simple way is active learning. When you are learning and coding at the same time most often you are just copying the code. To active learn the mantra is to put some sort of strain on the brain. You need to make your brain think while learning. It is as simple as that. Few techniques that I apply and that you can apply too to overcome this hell are:-
- Try to add additional functionalities to your project:- Try to add some new feature or something extra to the project. You can take help from Google but one thing you must not do is revisit the tutorial for help.
- See first Build later:- First watch the entire tutorial and then build the project. Do not pause the tutorial and do coding side by side. Rather watch the whole video and then without looking try to replicate(You can google)
- Read Documentation:- When you get a bug or are stuck anywhere do not go directly to a video solution. Read documentation
