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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnTQVlqmDQ0lol. I can code better than about 25%+ so far. I'm lucky in the fact that I'm staring now because CSS Grid is pretty widely supported at this time, and my brain naturally thinks in grids(but 3D) anyway. It gives me a huge advantage over people who a. don't think like I do and, b. have spent a few years fighting to understand the flawed, slightly differing between browsers, box model. Lots of people can't get a grip on it(CSS Grid). I, on the other hand, felt comfortable enough to code a tutorial on it by my 11th day coding. I spent a couple days last weekend working solely in Flexbox, to get to the same level with that. So, I'm in good shape.
A few people who started the same time I did are a couple of projects ahead of me. But, I can see that I'm clearly more skilled than they are, judging from their code. If anyone's read my mturk tutorial, they know I'm all about having a firm grip on the basics because, anyone can be taught a shortcut and use it. To make new and better shortcuts, you must know the route that you're trying to shorten. Someone was asking me yesterday if they should learn Bootstrap or CSS Grid. I said, CSS because if you learn Bootstrap, even though it may be faster to get a product published, if it deprecates for whatever reason, you don't have a fallback. Whereas, if you learn the basics(CSS) first, you can add any framework(shortcut) you'd like. But, if it stops working, you still know how to get to where you were going.
So, I know that I could do my last 2 projects, to get my certification, in about 2 days. That said, I can spend 4-5 days and learn probably double what I would if I just coded "to the test", so to speak. The one I'm working on now, for instance, I had coded enough to pass the requirements in an hour. No problem. But, I've been working on it for a week. Even though it looks the same, at a glance from the user side, the code is waaaay better.
Sorry to nerd out on you. I'll shut up now. But, I'm excited and, I don't really get much encouragement so, even the little bit from you made me perk right up. I'm rambling. I'll shut up now.
Thanks.:embarrased:
I like this guy. Every year he breaks down what you should learn and in what order. It gives a good idea of where you are at. I'm studying node currently but I can get carried away with Turking and not stay focused like you were talking about. I should have finished with node a while ago.