Out of my depth..

Hi Henry,

The feeling that you're "out of your depth" or "not good enough" for this is perfectly natural so don't be too downhearted about this. To be perfectly honest with you, these are feelings I struggle with every single day and the trick is to just stick at it when this happens.

If you're feeling like you're not as good as one particular programmer, know that they are probably thinking exactly the same thing.

What I suggest for you for now is to just do as you say, go back through the instructions and the supplementary content this course builds on and tackle each question bit by bit. And when you've done it, do it again until it sticks!

You've got this! :)

I know that feeling too, sometimes it can be frustrating and a struggle. I then try to be a little more patient and give myself some time to let concepts sink in.

Feeling the same! Literally so lost, but my plan is to push through, pick up what I can, and revisit once I get more experience at it.

This challenge is particularly difficult as well. I've barely got any of the challenges correct. It's hard to imagine the outcome of each challenge as well as you don't see a DOM demonstration of each challenge working.

It all comes together at the end.

I'm finding it more productive to have an attempt but they quickly see the solution so that I don't lose too much momentum.

Keep going, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is 4 in a row if i keep going at this rate :)

You are not alone in this feeling. I feel very confused and unsure of myself right now. I haven't been able to solve nearly any of the prompts Ashley has presented either! However, I'm too far into this to quit now and I'm going to push forward. I want to become a web and software developer and no one told me this was going to be easy. I will continue on with this challenge and then go through it a second or third time from scratch.

Literally how I'm feeling. Almost feel like giving up, but I guess this is all part of the learning process

I don't know if this is helpful to anyone but I also felt like I will never be able to grasp this challenge. I realised though that it was partly because I have a specific project in mind which is why I'm learning JS and this is so far from what I'm excited about doing that I found it hard to even attempt to focus on it. What helps me is still going through and attempting the challenge but also building little elements and components on my local machine using VSCode with live server preview so I can see step by step what happens in the browser every time I save. The concepts from this course sinks in so much faster and it motivates me to keep going. I also find it extremely hard to work with HTML and CSS that was already provided, for me it just seems easier to grasp if I just get stuck in and write it myself.

Henry Hardwell I'm right there with you. This is a slow-going course for me - taking me several days to get through it. I'm trying to take screen clips and notes as I go along and write out what I think is going on, sort of like using the rubber duck method. It. Takes. So. Long. to do it this way, but hope that I'll have a better understanding and in the end by going slow it will take less time since I won't have to go back.

I don't think that I'm dumb (or really that smart) or lacking aptitude but a lot of JavaScript takes me time to understand and figure out. This stuff isn't like picking up an instruction manual and just being able to read through line by line and figuring out how to make it work.

It seems like this stuff would be difficult to teach as well because explaining it plainly can get wordy and when it's explained concisely with jargon it's hard to understand! What's a newbie to do?

Hopefully, by being persistent and working on things over and over again and asking lot's of questions the concepts will sink in.

Don't know if this helps, but seeing a lot of similar comments here is reassuring.

Same here! I was feeling all good before I got here, now I literally don't know what to do on each step, there are a lot of contents that are not covered, and I'm stuck in here for more than 2 weeks....

I read most of these comments, and the first time I went through this practice, I felt completely at odds with my training thus far. Left me feeling completely lost and like I had missed something. But then I went back and redid loops, arrays, etc basics and then I attempted this challenge again and noticed that I understood some of it. Then I redid the challenge a 3rd and got further on my own. Then a 4th time lol, now I am on my 5th time and nearly understand most of it. Make sure you study the areas that confuse you until you understand why it’s the solution. So hang in there! The solutions seem so easy the more you understand it.