So I’m currently at the halfway point of the Cat Painting challenge and I feel mixed on whether if I’m ready for the technical documentation page project or to continue on at least.
I came asking this question in this forum to see this forum’s take on this topic on subtle or obvious signs I am ready to continue in my FreeCodeCamp journey?
Well, are you having a lot of difficulty with something in particular? Maybe there’s a specific concept you don’t quite understand. You could always study that separately, either by building a little mini project that uses that concept, or by re-doing a lesson.
If you’re not struggling terribly with anything specific, but you’re kind of unconfident about building the technical documentation page, my advice to you would be to start building it anyways. Just dive right in, and when you get stuck on something, look up the MDN docs or google your question and scroll stack overflow. Believe me, there are answers to the strangest web dev queries if you search long enough.
That’s actually how I learned the most, by getting stuck and then figuring out, based on my own independent research and thought process, how to get unstuck. Concepts stick well when you’ve spent an hour trying to figure it out before you found the solution.
I would not advise you do a lot of YT coding tutorials, or copy/paste code snippets to build anything. It’s important you understand what you’re building.
I did struggle a lot, personally, on the technical documentation page, but that was because I wanted to try something fancy, and I made plans before checking the tests. That was a bad idea. I spent days making a beautiful starry-sky background animation, along with dropdown menus, semi- transparent section backgrounds and even a spaceship animation. I do not advise you do what I did for the technical documentation page. Just keep it simple, and focus on how to structure layout and navigation, which is the main point of the project. And if you get stuck, and all your research doesn’t fix the problem, post your problem here on the forum, of course! That’s what it’s for.
If you won’t start a project until you’re 100% confident you can finish the project without difficulty, then you’ll never start a coding project. That being said, if you have some weak points you’re really worried about, it doesn’t hurt to go back and refresh your memory.
Good luck with your projects and don’t let setbacks discourage you. They’re a sign you’re doing the right thing: pushing yourself to your limits.
Thanks for the answer. I will keep all of this in mind