My challenge

Hello there, folks. This is probably my first real post.

So a bit of a background. I am currently studying coding at Coder Academy bootcamp with aspiration to become a full stack developer. I am almost at the end of term 3 where I am supposed to understand concepts of JavaScript and React and just one more term to go and we graduate. And… here I am. NOT understanding those concepts. Not understanding JavaScript or React and actually doubting how good of a developer I am.

What shall I do? What I shall do quickly enough to understand something that is really difficult to comprehend and more importantly — use it in practice. Amount of information at the bootcamp is overwhelming and maybe the pace they teach us is too quick for me, so I definitely need someone else to explain it to me and maybe in a more dummy way.

So I have been reading and googling and decided to kick JavaScript and React in the bum in the following order (maybe not in that particular order, but that’s the list-to-do):

1. Bought a course at Udemy by Jonas Schmedtmann on JavaScript. 17% completed so far so maybe I just need to continue and finally finish it. Have been struggling a bit with exercises and always not finishing those till the end. Frustrating.
2. Found a crash course on @React by Brad Traversy on Youtube and it seems very doable — just below 2 hours. Might give it a go and see where it gets me.
3. Bought another course on Udemy by Stephen Grider on React — need to start doing it but maybe I will give it a go after I finish Brad’s crash course with the hope that I will understand it more.
4. I have been recommended to try a JavaScript course on The Odin Project and especially on testing and writing tests. That was something that I have been struggling a lot during my journey so hopefully that can be improved after I do that course as well.
5. And I also found a course on freeCodeCamp on JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures which I probably actually start with as it might give me better understanding on all the logic behind coding (fingers crossed!).

I have seriously have no idea how to manage all those courses quickly enough so I can get a good understanding of JavaScript and React. I understand that I need to practice, practice and practice, but I have very limited time available upon my sleeve, however a future Hakathon and rebuilding my portfolio are coming up, so let’s get things started.

Let’s go.