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Unpopular opinion: freeCodeCamp's projects aren't teaching real problem solving
I spent 3 months grinding through freeCodeCamp's curriculum and felt pretty good about myself. Then I tried to build a simple to-do list app on my own last Tuesday and completely froze for two hours. The guided projects hold your hand too much, you never have to figure out where to start by yourself. Has anyone else hit this wall where the tutorials make you feel ready but the real world proves otherwise?
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garcia.wren9d ago
That tutorial glow is dangerous. freeCodeCamp tells you exactly which function to write and where, so your brain never learns how to break a problem into pieces on its own. Building that to-do list requires you to decide every single step without a safety net, and that's a completely different skill. The real learning starts when you close the tutorial and have to stare at a blank editor until something clicks.
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xena_hernandez989d ago
lol I used to be all about that tutorial glow too until i hit my first real project and completely froze. @garcia.wren you're totally right though, that blank editor is where the actual skill building happens. now i force myself to close the guides after the first example and figure the rest out on my own.
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