Is everything in the archived coursework in the Full Stack Developer curriculum?
Hi @tree33390
The beta Full Stack Developer curriculum expands on the archived course work. Some of the course work overlaps.
Happy coding
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Very excited to learn from your programs, I just started my Full Stack study few weeks ago with HTML and I’m at the peaks of jumping to CSS. I have all HTML modules done with curiosity to know why HTML exam not opened.
Here now I came to realised why_ so my question is this, will I still have all the past records kept so when Full Stack is fully launched I just come to have my exams done.
The team is currently on updates to make the exams available. For now, you can continue with the remaining coursework.
None of your previous work will be erased. When the exams are available, then you can go back and take those.
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Great work… Thank you for this
Hello, I’ve taken some of the older courses. Do I need to start over with the new Full Stack Developer certifications, or can I build on what I’ve already learned? Is my understanding correct?
various parts of the older courses are used in the full stack curriculum, and if you have already completed them you will find them completed in the full stack curriculum
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I love that FCC is putting in effort to update and improve the curriculum. As someone that has been learning on here on and off, I’ve always appreciated the interactive method of learning. That said, after trying out some of the new curricum, I couldn’t get used to the flow. I think what made FCC unique was the interactive learning aspect, but now that there are lectures, I find harder to pay attention to and a lot less engaging than the previous format. There are a million other video-based learning websites, and I think FCC is losing its edge by doing the same thing.
I think it would be great if we could progress through the course with the old format only (and optionally watch the lectures). I’m also aware that I can go back to the old curricum, but I just wanted to share my feedback here about the new learning path.
Thank you for making this available for free to everyone!
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Welcome to the forum @Sean7
You could watch a few lecture videos, then skip to the labs and workshops. If you have any difficulty, watch the lecture with the most relevant title.
Some people do have problems watching videos as they do not find them engaging. There are also transcripts of the lecture videos which you can read at your own pace.
If you get stuck on something, reach out to the forum with a specific question.
Happy coding
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I partly agree, but maybe I can share my own experience.
I also have trouble to pay attention to a long video. Especially the way these videos are produced, a lot of the run time you are just looking at a person’s face, which I find a bit odd since it doesn’t help to focus on anything specific or convey any specific information. I can zone out and will need to re-watch a few minutes often.
For me personally, I would rather the definitions or code snippets would be onscreen the whole time so I can consider them longer. It helps me if I turn on captions and watch the words, it sinks in a bit better. A note on this, captions sometimes cover up important details in the video, parts of code snippets, etc.
I end up alternating between watching videos on 2x speed (I will slow it down if it’s something very new to me) or just reading the transcripts.
I do appreciate the mix of approaches (videos or transcripts, short quiz, guided workshop and coding labs). I think it’s good to switch gears and learning modes and not have it just be constantly “next step”. Some topics are better explained in different modes (or different modes will work better for different people)
I do get a bit discouraged when I see a huge block of video lectures coming up, but it’s like anything else, you can work through it.
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