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How To Learn

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How To Learn

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0. Hello

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at an event…

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What is the Most difficult thing about learning to code? Question:

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“with so many different methods and ways, how do I choose…? Answer:

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“As a self-taught learner, I worry that there are gaps in my knowledge. ” Answer:

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“How deep down the rabbit hole do I have to go? How do I know when I can move on? Answer:

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“I would like to have a more end-to-end, streamlined learning experience.” Answer:

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanroscover/3450505729/

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/martinofranchi/2925760927/

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“I can’t get over the idea that the thing I am learning now will go out of date in just a few years.” Answer:

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JavaScript Trend Data Based on JS Weekly

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JavaScript Trend Data Based on JS Weekly

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Backbone Marionette Ember.js AngularJS Knockout.js Vue React Flux Redux GraphQL React Native Relay NativeScript PhoneGap Ionic Famous Meteor Mocha Sass LESS Stylus CoffeeScript EcmaScript 6 TypeScript Om ClojureScript Elm jQuery D3 Browserify Webpack Underscore Lodash Require.js MongoDB CouchDB ElasticSearch PostgreSQL Testem Karma Grunt Gulp Brunch Broccoli Bootstrap Foundation Falcor Node.js Bower npm Express Hapi Sails Loopback Koa Sublime Text WebStorm Vim MEAN Polymer Shadow DOM

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“I’ve done Tree House, Codecademy, CodeSchool , etc, etc, but now what?” Answer:

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“Should I go to a coding boot camp like ?” Answer:

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lydiashiningbrightly on Flickr

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How To Survive?

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1. Worldview

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World of Warcraft

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• you start somewhere • the more you explore, the more you know • if you get stuck, you can explore elsewhere, but… • you can come back to it

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What you know

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What you don’t know

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Be a Damn-Good Explorer

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Stop Relying On Schools

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Backbone Marionette Ember.js AngularJS Knockout.js Vue React Flux Redux GraphQL React Native Relay NativeScript PhoneGap Ionic Famous Meteor Mocha Sass LESS Stylus CoffeeScript EcmaScript 6 TypeScript Om ClojureScript Elm jQuery D3 Browserify Webpack Underscore Lodash Require.js MongoDB CouchDB ElasticSearch PostgreSQL Testem Karma Grunt Gulp Brunch Broccoli Bootstrap Foundation Falcor Node.js Bower npm Express Hapi Sails Loopback Koa Sublime Text WebStorm Vim MEAN Polymer Shadow DOM

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JavaScript Trend Data Based on JS Weekly

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dericafox/4476665040

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Be a Damn-Good Explorer

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What Makes A Good Explorer?

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Gravitate towards the unknown

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Keep a question log

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Important: Get those questions answered

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“As a self-taught learner, I worry that there are gaps in my knowledge. ” Answer:

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1. Write down 3-5 things that you are most anxious or uncomfortable. 2. For each item, ask yourself 1. If this were the only thing I accomplished today, would I be satisfied with my day? 2. Will moving this forward make all the other items unimportant or easier? The Tim Ferriss Method

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2. Focus

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanroscover/3450505729/

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Working Memory

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Backbone Marionette Ember.js AngularJS Knockout.js Vue React Flux Redux GraphQL React Native Relay NativeScript PhoneGap Ionic Famous Meteor Mocha Sass LESS Stylus CoffeeScript EcmaScript 6 TypeScript Om ClojureScript Elm jQuery D3 Browserify Webpack Underscore Lodash Require.js MongoDB CouchDB ElasticSearch PostgreSQL Testem Karma Grunt Gulp Brunch Broccoli Bootstrap Foundation Falcor Node.js Bower npm Express Hapi Sails Loopback Koa Sublime Text WebStorm Vim MEAN Polymer Shadow DOM

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Isolate Learn one at a time

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Find the difficulty level that’s just right for you.

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Good: Learn React! Bad: Learn React, Flux, Redux, ES6, Babel, Gulp, and Webpack!

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Start From Scratch https://www.flickr.com/photos/elena_karelova/4493012230

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mkdir react-play subl index.html

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Find the difficulty level that’s just right for you.

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Optional: Don’t even use JSX

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First learn React, then learn flux.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanroscover/3450505729/

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3. Double Down on Evergreen Skills

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• touch typing • debugging / troubleshooting • source control • using the command line • asking questions online • object oriented programming • functional programming • refactoring • communication • task management

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• touch typing • debugging / troubleshooting • source control • using the command line • asking questions online • object oriented programming • functional programming • refactoring • communication • task management

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4. Embrace Mistakes

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Why did you do that?

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“ Experienced devs make just as many mistakes as juniors , they just recover from them faster. - Kylie Stradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSbla50tqZE

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mello out.

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“ Trying and failing to retrieve the answer is actually helpful to learning.

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10%

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OFF-ROADERS

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Bleeding Edge https://www.flickr.com/photos/kecko/3808425393/

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Easy tutorial?

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The Fail Something Rule If you make it through the whole tutorial/ lesson/course without failing something once, you fail.

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Do something Open-Ended

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Follow a tutorial; take detours if it fails the fail-once rule.

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Find the difficulty level that’s just right for you.

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Be a Damn-Good Explorer

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5. Recovering From Mistakes

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Debugging and Troubleshooting

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Software bugs Mistakes

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Software bugs Mistakes Really painful

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debugschool.com

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debugschool.com

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Scientific Method

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“That’s impossible!

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“Go home computer, You are drunk!

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there’s a simpler explanation…

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We make assumptions

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Planning

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The plan didn’t work If you are debugging:

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one of your assumptions are wrong

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Don’t Trust Your Gut

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"The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge." - Wikipedia

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1. Question (Why is the sky blue?) 2. Hypothesis (Maybe blue dye?) 3. Prediction (Fly a white cloth to the sky and it will turn blue) 4. Experiment (Actually do the above) 5. Analysis (What happened? Why?) 6. Repeat if necessary (Go back to 1) Scientific Method Recipe

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1. Question (Why is the sky blue?)✔ 2. Hypothesis (Maybe blue dye?)✔ 3. Prediction (Fly a white cloth to the sky and it will turn blue)✔ 4. Experiment (Can’t be bothered)✘ 5. Self affirmation(Yeah, I am pretty smart)✔ What Humans Instinctually Do

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Don’t Skip Step 4!

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6. How to Cheat: Juxtapositioning

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What is a Juxtaposition?

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Mashups

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Analogies

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/lori_greig/16204172947

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Put it on repeat!

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Juxtaposition

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Model of Learning Why Don’t Students Like School

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Model of Learning Why Don’t Students Like School

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Model of Learning Why Don’t Students Like School

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Juxtaposition

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Learning a Portuguese Song

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Learning Rust with the help of Haskell

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“As a self-taught learner, I worry that there are gaps in my knowledge. ” Answer:

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How to Apply it?

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different explanations of the same concept

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different explanations of the same concept Different blog posts, different books, different talks different tutorials, different video course lessons.

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different exercises to demonstrate the same concept

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take a problem you know well, and model it in a program

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use your unique skills to teach others programming @sarahfrisk

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rewrite a program in a language you know

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rewrite a program in a language you know

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rewrite a app in a different style/framework/language

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write a different type of app in the same language phonegap, electron, node-webit

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same language (JS) but on a different *-side

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same language (JS) but on a different *-side

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Re-implement a library (concept) in a different language/framework

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Juxtapositioning via Negation

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write code without inheritance

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write code without objects

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write code without functions

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write code without if statements

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write code without jQuery

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write a web app without a backend

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8. Teach It Back

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“You don't understand something unless you can teach it to other people. - Kyle Simpson

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The Protégé Effect: The best way to learn is to teach

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Lernen durch Lehren

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Betty’s Brain http://www.teachableagents.org/research/bettysbrain.php

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There are real people you can teach to!

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Meetups

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Speak

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Mentor

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ATL

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Online

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IRC Chatrooms

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Tech404.io

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Blog!

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Make Screencasts

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You Don’t Have To Be An Expert To Teach!

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The Curse Of Knowledge

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You could be a better teacher!

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9. Epilogue

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World of Warcraft

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The End