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Warning: I was told to avoid online tutorials for my first project, but one specific video saved me.
Everyone in my local coding group said I should only use official docs to build a simple weather app. I got stuck for a week trying to parse the JSON data. Then I watched a 15-minute YouTube tutorial by 'CodingWithChris' that showed a different way to structure the fetch request, and it worked on the first try. Has anyone else found a specific online guide that actually cleared up a basic concept for them?
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jesse_williams626mo ago
CodingWithChris was the exact channel that got me past the whole async/await hurdle last year. I'm honestly surprised your whole group said to avoid tutorials, that seems like a really strict rule. Sometimes you just need to see someone else's code structure to make it click, the docs can be really dense. That weather app JSON part is a classic wall to hit.
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carr.elliot6mo ago
Docs are the map, tutorials are the tour guide.
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daniel4746mo ago
Used to feel the same way about needing tutorials to break through tough spots. That weather app JSON example is a perfect case where docs just feel like a brick wall. But hitting that wall and forcing myself to read the official docs, even painfully, taught me how to actually read them for the next problem. Now I find I can solve things much faster on my own because I learned the map, instead of just waiting for the next guided tour. It's a harder skill to pick up at first, but it pays off way more.
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