Project tutorials are a very popular way to start building your first few projects. But unfortunately most people go about it in the wrong way and don't end up learning very much in the process. In this article, I will provide some tips on how to properly learn from

Project tutorials are a very popular way to start building your first few projects. But unfortunately most people go about it in the wrong way and don’t end up learning very much in the process.

In this article, I will provide some tips on how to properly learn from tutorials and gain confidence to start building your own projects. I will also provide advice on how to avoid tutorial hell.

  • ericjmorey@programming.devOP
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    8 months ago

    How far do you take that? I don’t think tutorials should cover installing an operating system or the programming language being covered unless the tutorial is specifically about those topics. Having focus on the project itself rather than the prerequisites is generally a good approach unless there’s something specific about the prerequisites that are unusual.