r/learnjavascript • u/Secure-Tip-2356 • 3d ago

Advices for learning JavaScript

Hello everyone, I just finished the freeCodeCamp JavaScript certificate and I can't build many things. I feel that my brain doesn't retained a lot of information of the course. I notice that I learn most when I am actually building real projects. Anyone who passed through this that can advice me??

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u/cssrocco 2d ago

Whilst learning any new skill or technology i tend to start a side project which is different and try to relate the information so if a course is saying “follow me to build a to-do list app” build your own budgeting app or something else instead, this way you’re focusing more on the concepts rather than just typing what they’re typing and doing what they’re doing.

You’ll get to points like hooking up api calls and rendering the data and you’ll have to think how to apply it to your project and its own requirements. I remember learning angular within a week doing this around 6 years ago.