Well, as much as I intended to document my coding journey I quickly let the documenting part get away from me. Not too surprised by that. I had planned to end my days reviewing what I had done that day and using this blog as my outlet but that did not work out as I had intended. After getting home from work and putting in my time with The Odin Project's(TOP) lessons I had no energy left to give. Not that that has changed but I am going to make a more concerted effort to keep up the habit. I believe I will be able to get a lot out of these posts down the line and help me gain some perspective on how far I have come should perspective be needed(and I know it will!).
Anyways, I have now completed the Foundations portion of TOP and find myself breezing through the first portion of the full stack JS path. So far it has been a lot of reading, with introductions to new syntax and HTML/CSS concepts. I have been really enjoying the change of pace and the introduction to new material but also trying to get through this part as quickly as possible because I have never struggled that much with HTML/CSS(that's not entirely true as far as CSS is concerned). The same can not be said for JS though. I still don't feel too confident about my ability to code with JS and the lesson block following the one I am on is a deep dive into JS.
I know I will gain confidence with more practice so I am excited to get started again. However, I am unsure if TOP alone is enough to really get me to where I want and have been on the look out for some supplementary material. I was really hoping to go on this journey and reach my goal without having spent any money on courses but I have been finding some that seem interesting and targeted at some of the issues I have been facing. The main issue being my ability to problem solve.
I don't feel confident in my ability to be given a problem that has a solution and be able to find it on my own. Take the information I have learned and figure out the best course of action. The argument could be made that at my current level I am expecting too much of myself, but either way I still recognize that as being a weak point in my education/coding ability. I think I have made too much of a leap, from learning how to write functions, loops and if statements, to coding whole projects(like calculators and etch-a-sketches). Not that those are big projects but I feel like I skipped a step and went from 'A to C' without stopping at 'B'.
I have seen some courses out there that have talked about how they address this feeling directly by connecting the dots a bit more before jumping to building projects. Still haven't pulled the trigger on anything yet, and will likely not do so until I get to the next JS section of TOP. If I still feel like I am missing something once I get there then I will look for some other material to help fill the gaps. In the end the investment will be worth it, I believe.
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