Role Playing Game - General Q

JavaScript
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Hello.

I am working my way through this at the moment and although I find it okay, I can’t say that I feel I am always following exactly what is happening (although I am trying to do that).

Anyone else similar and/or is this normal? I presume it’s just best to keep working through it and allow things to sink in more over time, but I do have that doubt that maybe I should have a deeper understanding…

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Hi there!

If you are new to programming and/ or JavaScript, this first course can be a lot to wrap your head around.

Tons of new syntax, variable types, DOM-manipulation, random number calculators just to name a few.

You are right to just move on, things will fall into place the more experience you have.

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I find it difficult as well, intend to keep pushing on.
I must say this new version of the javaScript course is actually much better then their previous one.
Beginner level resources on the web seem difficult to find as well, unlike html and css.
Good luck and keep on keeping up!

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thank you, it helps a lot to know that

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I don’t find the individual steps too bad, it’s seeing how they all fit together. I sort of see where it’s going but I can’t honestly say that all the steps are obvious to me and/or how or where they fit it (I have looked over the code a bit more in some steps to try to understand better, but I don’t think it’s worth doing that for each step as I would never get through it).

thanks for your response - it helps to know others are having similar experiences.

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The things you are learning in the first course are really the basics and backbone of programming. You will meet objects, functions, variables in each project from now on and at some point they will be familiar.

The programming basics are one of the things you can rely on AIs at its current stage. You can ask it to explain new methods in detail.

Ask it to write the same thing in another language like C or Python if you want to go a layer deeper. After a while you will start to see patterns.

Our job is really for the curious and persistent and that is for a whole career.

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