I’ve almost finished the Basic Data Structures section of the JavaScript section and things are finally clicking, especially with arrays. I’m feeling a lot of progression with FCC.
I know I have yet to start algorithms and projects which can be tough. I’m wondering if I should devote my time to finishing FCC, or if I should split my days to half FCC half Odin Project.
My goals are unclear, but I’m just wanting to learn as much as possible before I choose which direction I’ll head in.
I do about 4 -5 hours of study a day. I was thinking of doing 2 hours FCC, 2 hours Odin then if I still want to press on, go back to FCC.
Thing is I’d be much further ahead in FCC compared to the Odin Project. I had to spend a long time setting up the virtual machines for the Odin Project too. It also involves a lot of reading, which is good but I learn more through doing.
I haven’t done the Odin Project, so I can’t speak to it specifically. Generally my advice is to do one course at a time but be prepared to use plenty of outside resources. In order to make progress in freeCodeCamp (for example) you may need to spend a few hours reading documentation and explanations written by someone else.
With courses targeted at beginners, a lot of time needs to be dedicated to teaching the basics, and there isn’t really an advantage to spending the time to go through the basics twice.
I started the odin project, I remember it is a lot hands on.
at the beginning there are a few links to read, video to watch, then it says “now replicate the google homepage!” (and a few other things)
It may be different now, but I don’t think by much.
if you feel you need more practice after completing the fcc projects, you could do TOP. At this time I wouldn’t go trough all the steps of setting up the local environment. I would use repl.it, or something like that.