r/learnjavascript • u/No_Country8607 • 23h ago

Learning to code online

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm a self-taught dev, and for a bootcamp project I'm looking into how people learn programming on platforms like Codecademy, freeCodeCamp, Udemy, Scrimba, or even YouTube and AI chats. I'd love to hear your honest experience:

  • How did you decide where to start and what to learn next?
  • How did you practice what you learned?
  • What made learning click for you, or made you quit a platform?

What's one thing you'd add to the platform you use most?

Thanks, I'll read every reply 🙏

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u/FreeLogicGate 23h ago

I'll pass.

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u/ElidoroAlznauer_58 20h ago

same, it always reads like covert market research tbh

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u/IAmTheRedditBot 22h ago

Fun fact: I don't actually use a specific platform to learn JavaScript/Web Development and never did

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u/Dependent_Month_1415 3h ago

I'll bite. I started learning programming with Mimo because I wanted something interactive to keep me going. The short lessons made it easy to stay consistent and I supplemented it with documentation. What made things click for me was building small projects outside the lessons though. If I could add one thing, it'd be a smoother transition from guided exercises to building stuff on your own.