Need help with learning how to build projects on my own

I’m very new to this but my plan is to do first three courses on: https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/
and then set up a GitHub repository and build some projects to include in my portfolio

I think it’s important to not get stuck in “tutorial hell” and actually do something. If you want to specifically practice JavaScript try doing the second course: “JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures”. Sometimes you will have to use external sources, I usually use:

to read documentation when things get too complex.