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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops `do ... while` Loops

Ikasi Moses
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Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points
Posted by Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points

This JavaScript Courses are just discouraging, I just can't find the motivation to go on.

The previous JS basic course was super discouraging can someone help with a plan or something.

Joe Beltramo
Joe Beltramo
Courses Plus Student 22,191 Points

In order to help, in what way are they discouraging?

Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points
Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points

Joe Beltramo Discouraging in a way that I don't want to continue with the Front end development track

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Are you taking the Beginner JavaScript track? That's the only "plan" I can think of.

If you're on it now, you might divert from it briefly and try the "Club" projects. They might help give you a different perspective and reinforce the other learning:

Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points
Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points

Thanks. I'm doing the front end web development track and it was their I was introduced to JavaScript Basic. Now I'm doing the JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects it here everything just gets frustrating.

Terri Valentine
Terri Valentine
23,034 Points

Thank you for this advice Steven Parker. I just thought of this idea myself. Lol.

Ikasi Moses
PLUS
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points
Ikasi Moses
Ikasi Moses
Courses Plus Student 5,138 Points

I'll try the "Club" courses, hopefully I can understand JavaScript.

brevans26
brevans26
15,198 Points
brevans26
brevans26
15,198 Points

I know your feeling! I am in the same boat. After coming from two amazing and interactive courses (HTML and CSS), I fell completely frustrated with the JavaScript course in the Front End Development track. It is dry, boring and I do not feel engaged to the content. After hours and hours of course, everything I know it is how the create alerts and random messages in a page and honestly, I cannot see the point of doing that. :'(

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Unlike CSS where just a few lines of code can do something amazing, programming is a bit more involved. I agree that the early examples of learning the language are not much practical use in themselves. They establish a foundation to build on. That's why I recommended the "Club" courses. They give you a preview of some fun stuff right away.