Introduction
Tutorials hell is floozy for luck of a better word. You are in an endless circle of tutorials, you are not learning anything, you are not getting anything done, you are not getting any better, you are not getting any closer to your goal. You are just stuck in a loop of tutorials. You are in tutorials hell.
How to avoid tutorials hell
In order to avoid tutorial hell, here are some tips I have learned over the years.
Build small projects
A good way to avoid tutorial hell is to build small projects. After watching a tutorial, build a small project based on what you have learned. This will help you to solidify your knowledge and to avoid tutorials hell.
A trick I use when following a tutorial is to pause the video after every step and try to do the step myself. This will help you to solidify your knowledge and to avoid tutorials hell.
Another way is to have a project in mind and follow a tutorial to build that project. I can incorporate my learnings from different tutorials to build my project.
Read the documentation
Another way to avoid tutorials hell is to read the documentation. The documentation is the best source of information. It is the most accurate and up to date. When stuck on a problem, I always try to find the answer in the documentation if I can't find it in a tutorial.
The documentation also expounds on the concepts in a tutorial. This enables you to have a wide understanding of the topic.
Teach yourself and others
Joseph Joubert says that, "to teach is to learn twice." Teaching others is a form of solidifying your knowledge. When you teach others, you identify the gaps in your knowledge. This enables you to fill those gaps. In the process, you learn more.
Write technical blogs
Writing is the best way you can use to teach others. There are many platforms you can use to write technical blogs. You can write technical blogs on Medium, Dev.to, Hashnode, etc. You get to build your portfolio and you get to solidify your knowledge. Talk about killing two birds with one stone 😊.
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