Please make a documentary on a live project 🙏🏼. How you spoke to the client and understood the request. How you created wireframe. How you designed database. How you built entire project. Etc.
When I learn a new language it comes down to this (and you learn it in this order): 1. How do I store information (variables/ types/reference vs. value ei. a=2, b="howdy!", c=a) Can you store strings? Can you set a variable to another variable?Does i copy the value or a reference to itself, etc). 2. How do I compare information (conditions, Does a=b, ab, a>b, a
"always try to be a student and a teacher" - that's a good quote. Something which has helped me learn to code is iterative learning. I go all out learning a language for two weeks or six weeks, then I switch to another topic or focus on exercising for a month. I stole this idea from the concept of Agile project management and it has served me well. After three or five iterations, you are in that sweet spot of learning which feels great. This is speaking as a hobbyist.
@@kokodev3719 The thing is that I use what I learn in between those "learning sprints", so yeah, you're right, and for me everything in life is such. use it or lose it. it's very rarely the case where we don't use knowledge and yet retain it. happy coding
hey brad, i'm also in recovery! you were the first person I bought courses from a few months back (html/css). sometimes I want to quit because I feel like I've destroyed my life already and I'm not cut out for this, but knowing that you went through something similar in the past is incredibly inspiring and motivating. thank you :)
You are cut out for this. I can't tell you how many times I felt that way. I still do some days. It may never go away. I have learned to tell that part of me to shut the f*ck up lol. You will too. Believe me, I did so much drugs and harmed my body and brain when I was younger. That can all recover.
@@TraversyMedia I'm so grateful I found your channel. Our bodies are always healing; we are more resilient than we give ourselves credit for. You have inspired so many people with the adversity you've faced. Much love from Canada.
You have no idea how often i had this feeling that I have already irreparably destroyed my life and health did not allow me to follow the path that I really wanted. But the very thirst to do something says that you have talent. And then I thought, if for so many years and troubles this idea of becoming a developer does not gone away and has not died yet, then i must do it. And I got up at 40+ and started doing. I've been doing this for a year now. And I quit smoking according to Allen Carr's book The only way to stop smoking forever. I advise everyone who has gone through this. God bless us.
I appreciate your real talk. We all have moments where we want to smash the monitor but educators rarely acknowledge that frustration. Knowing I'm not the only one feeling that way makes me feel better when my brain does want to explode.
Already good with HTML and CSS (learnt from your videos years ago) but still purchased 2 of your starter courses last month just to make sure I didn't miss anything fundamentals concerned. Thanks Brad
I am just starting out coding React with a Node JS backend which requests information from another API, and the sense of achievement when that requested information appears on the webpage is immense!! So totally agree with the content of this video..
@@NishantCosmos You discover that every decision that you make has its pros and cons. From naming a variable when coding to choosing between a monolith or microservice architecture for your project. After these years, you see more clearly "the best" option/tool for that moment. Because there is no "the right" solution, there is no "silver bullet" in IT.
I totally agree with you. Fundamentals and theory of programming is definaly something to focus on at the beginning. With that knowledge, you are not learning a language or framework, but the tools that will allow you to pick up any language in a matter of hours.
If you wanna be good in web dev apart from programming concepts itself, I strongly recommend getting knowledge of network. Not saying to go and do CCNA or something, but I would say Cisco trainings, books and materials are one of best to get familiar with networking. And other this is OS concepts. Again I don't say you must go and start writing compilers etc. Finally also there is database concept. "The relational model for database management " book is free. Although it's quite old it's still one of the best I could advise to read. Personally I have straight close to metal background as electronic/computer engineer with embedded system design, but I don't say one should start from there, although it can help quite a bit especially when it comes to back end stuff and IoT, as you will know communication protocols. Not only networking. If I would have to advise one to read any books I would say: "Operating system concepts"- any edition would be good but get as latest as possible. "Understanding Linux kernel" again it's 1000 pages and I don't expect you to go whole way, but read at lest introduction chapters. Also DB book I mentioned above. People often talk about environment and they think about client or server, but often forget that OS (even for server) is environment also and whole network as well.
Be a lifetime learner not just in technology but in life . This will never fail you, if nothing else it will give you lifetime of enjoyment and feel relaxed within yourself
+5000. I don't know how many times I come across know it all types or people who pretend to know it all, or think they create job security by holding back information not knowing if they die tomorrow, someone needs to step in. True development is not just being able to figuring out how to solve a problem or puzzle, but sharing that knowledge. Never assume you know everything, because you don't. And always be able to take in information from others, even if it is not correct, it is still a learning experience. Tech changes, and adapting and learning it how you progress and build you skill and never take anything personal.
Thank you. I have been trying to really focus on the fundamentals. This field of tech moves so fast that its easy to feel left behind if you don't jump into the trendy frameworks and stuff. But it's worth it to study the fundamentals for a while. Its worth it. It makes it easier to pick up the abstractions or any stuff that's built on top of the fundamentals.
Yeah and there are fundamentals to everything. For example, understanding the fundamentals of HTTP will help you with ANY language/framework. Learning HTTP is much more valuable than just learning the syntax of an Express server. Some people don't understand this. Learn what is happening "under the hood"
The Harvard CS50 course (online and free) is worth following along with, you get some idea of the fundamentals within computers themselves e.g. binary. There's even a MOOC called Nand-to-Tetris that goes right from the transistor level upwards until you've built a working game. I think it's worth understanding these things, even to just a shallow depth, as it helps you feel a little less like you're in the middle of a boundless ocean.
@@thatoneuser8600 The MDN docs is generally an excellent reference. Traversy Media has a crash course on HTTP which is worth watching. The CORS MDN HTTP docs are worth checking out.
Brad is a great teacher. His style of teaching makes writing of code simple. He has a good organisation of code. I have gained much more from him compared to other tutors. He is so vast and confident. What a great programmer he is!
Thank you so much, Brad. I went from not even knowing what html was six months ago to being able to design full websites, all thanks to you and your videos.
When it comes to these type of videos, I tend to listen but not watch. However, this video was something else. It seemed like I had one-on-one session with you and you were talking to me directly. Also, the room ambient was calming and relaxing. Great quality. You really tend to stick out of the crowd with the way you create content and I appreciate it!
I started learning PHP and JS because I wanted to learn the fundamentals first. My peers were jumping into Vue, Laravel, Flutter and such. Watching them struggle with basic problems that could have been fixed by just understanding the fundamentals makes me thankful for the path I chose. My only problem would be getting attached to whatever I learned and being afraid of new things.
100%... Even after 20+ years I'm still always learning. With the amount of programming concepts, different algorithms, and different problems with different solutions, it's impossible for a single programmer to know all of it.
From what I can tell, you don't need to memorize how to implement data structures and algorithms, do you? You just need to know their use cases: when to use them, when not to use them, so that when you insert it into the codebase for optimization purposes, you can just look up a standard library or library implementation. Then you run the profiler and see if it helped your performance. If it hurt performance, take it out; if it helped, keep it and see what you can do from there to make it faster if you still need to.
I just wanted to say thank you. You have been working as a coder for about nine months now. I work for a great team, and you were part of that. You teach in a very approachable style. You show mistakes. You take about your life challenges and demands. Your sincerity has always kept me coming back for content.
Thank you for this. As a fellow recovering addict I can relate to the struggles. I'm a bit further behind you but slowly and steadily getting there. Hats off to your amazing turn-around operation. You are definitely someone to look up to today.
I love his honesty about tutorials and being only half the battle to learning a particular language/concept. Tutorials are great - and I typically will use a tutorial (usually a crash course) as a starting point, as I think it both gives a solid foundation to build off of, and also gives some great intuition in a relatively short amount of time about if the topic is what you need to solve a particular problem. If it is, then the compacted content in the tutorial will usually put things into context for myself when I go off and read docs/open source projects/etc. So 100% agree with Brad's comments here!
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! I just went through your JavaScript class a few months back. I was just basically making sure I wasn't missing anything. I did it through Safari Books Online (video courses). I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE JACKED!! Your voice did not let on. Anyway, I'm starting your Angular course now. Thanks for all the good work.
On a personal note... I have been watching you for a long time and we have actually conversed a couple of times; the grey works on you! Very distinguished. Much respect.
I am feeling proud that you are my teacher. I learnt from your videos when I was struggling to figure out where I should start from. You gave me the path with your easy methods, Building projects with explaining each minor step and details. Sometimes I miss you on the video on your channel. I know it has grown bigger and it is business now. But no one can teach like you.
Brad, you're one of the best instructors I've ever seen, I really learnt a lot stuff of techs from you and now I'm working as a Frontend Developer in a big company thanks man for all your effort, I'm really glad to hear your tut today, good job as usual. Keep going, man.
That thing about the short attention span is very very scary indeed. As Naval Ravicant said: "Once the Internet came along, I think it destroyed everyone’s attention span. Now all of humanity’s works are available to you at any given time and you’re being interrupted constantly. Our attention span goes down, our ability to focus goes down." Concentration is like a muscle that requires regular exercise to strengthen. So, the advice you provided is a solid one. It really helps, and it grows as times passes. Thanks for another excellent advice.
When I first got into programming I spent a good year just learning OOP fundementals with Java & I can say after that my learning accelerated & everything became so much easier to learn.
Brad I am gonna be thanking you all year🙏 . I got a job almost immediately after my 1year youth service (something we do here in Nigeria ) , in a very well established company here and my transition has been for the most part smooth and it's partly thanks to your tutorials and guides . being a kid (basically) and getting this kinda job in Nigeria ain't no joke ...but you figuratively held my hands through the storms . Ekushe (well-done )
Congrats bro...am from Nigeria too and am a few months into my journey,is there anyway I can contact you, cause I really need like a mentor nigeria .. tank you very much.
1] focus on the fundamentals 2]study the docs 3] learn from other people or from others people's code 4] go beyond the tutorials apply your own mind and know your own learning routes 5] immerse yourself in learning 6] get into a flow state when doing code 7] never be known it all person its all worth it . keep walking
Thanks for being honest man. No ones does what you do. You are a billionaire in heart 💓. You think from every individual perspective and has been always down to earth.
Golden words and absolutely correct things you say to people. You need to learn all your life, this is the enjoyment - strive for something more, you can’t stand still. Thank you very much for your lessons!
Great tips brad! Personally, I found the best thing for me was to make side project after side project. I woul get obsessed with them and stuff so many features in that I learnt how to make a lot of really cool things.
As someone who is just getting into programming, in and the grind of learning, I like what you said about always being a student and a teacher. That resonated with me. Great video, thanks man.
I think your spot on. Even the thought of knowing it all scares me! Not possible, others I've encountered expressing this condition. Life just teaches us all eventually. Great talk, thanks.
This is a timely video for me, as I'm in full developer growth mode (just been made redundant). I have so much on my plate that I want to learn, so getting to the fundamentals had been a life saver. And Brad, your Crash Course vids have been really great at getting me on the path.
I just said thanks a lot I found this video just in time. I couldn't agree more with what you said. In my own struggles to learn development by myself, I ended being not even pushed forward in my learnings. This is the best advice so far I have heard from a developer.
'Immerse yourself into learning' is the tip I would give to anyone nowadays. Even turn off your phone, create new user in your windows so its gonna be only programming stuff on a pulpit, if possible get a separate place/office/room to focus only on this. Focusing only on learning helped me a lot. And if you enjoy it, your time will pass on like while gaming or something. Way too fast :)
I just had a Web Development exam (i'm in college). I aced my grade and had no issues with the course. You helped alot, considering that your channel covered all the topics of the class. Whenever anyone asks me about a good web course, i always recommend this channel. Best wishes ! 😁
Always a pleasure watching your videos,… I must say, you were one of my motivation sources… Some time ago, I switched my career actually. I never got any computer science degree but watching your videos always helped me stay on track, and it’s been six months now working as a full time software developer. Thanks and keep doing it,… 🙏
I have been watching your videos for a very long time. And thanks to you and others who share their content on RUclips, I've become a pretty decent programmer. I wanted to say a big thank you for that. Of course I also read a lot of documentation but watching videos makes me feel like I'm part of a cool community. Thanks also for this video and have a nice week Best regards from Germany JP Behrens
You're one of the best mentor Brad, your HTML crash course was the first video I watched 2 years ago when I started my web development journey, and now I've proud of myself what I've achieved and I never back down to help those people who wanna start this journey like me. You've been a great help sir, Love you and your passion for teaching.
I love the tip about immersing yourself in learning. It made me realise that when I'm learning I get into a kind of zen and creative headspace and it has given me a new appreciation for that. Overall this video is super helpful and I appreciate your work so much!
Shit man, I have been watching and learning from your videos for a while now and always had that feeling that I connected with you on a deeper level, now i get it ! Im sober as well, been clean for around 3.5 years !!! congrats man and keep it up ! Your videos are amazing, your html and css crash course where the first pages I ever made !
Thank you for this video! Honestly, both your code/tutorial, and more generalized "life" advice videos have been such guiding lights on my journey. As someone who is also a former drug user/addict, and starting the code journey later than many, I am just so grateful for your presence. Wishing you the very very best and can't wait to see what's to come!
THanks for this video, @traversymedia ! Your 'immerse yourself in learning' really hit home today. I've been trying to find focus for months and have been in a real funk over this time. I look at my code and can't even get started to work on it. Haven't been able to even sit down and start the number of tutorials I bought months ago to learn new / sharpen current skills. I really want to finish and monetize a side project I've been working on for a long time, but can not find the motivation to get back into it. For some reason, your comment of 'use the time as a meditation exercise' got me motivated to do just this. I have watched your videos for the past several years and you are very inspirational and a great teacher. Thank you for the much needed motivation today. Hopefully it is the kick in the a$$ I need to get myself out of this rut.
Damn everytime i hear the theme song on the intro i feel satisfied man.. Your pieces of advice and tutorials really got me going. God bless you man. 🙏🏾
I'm an ex addict myself and dude..you ain't wrong. I get a mad rush learning something new or when you hit run and everything works. To be honest the amount of time I've put into coding has ment I'm not putting time into anything negative. It's given me focus and a sense of direction for the first time in my life.
I got into coding the first time I had that high you described of solving a problem with code. It is amazing, and although I don't get it as often any more it is something I am strangely addicted to and crave 😅. I think if I lose that craving I will stop coding, but 4 years in and going stronger day by day. Thank you for giving so much to the community all around the world, Brad!
This video was actually super helpful. Like the tip about looking at the docs and other people's code. Thank you. It does really give you high. I've really enjoyed learning this stuff.
Please share those kinds of things every once in a while. And also how you learn so fast those technologies in no time and create a tutorial about it. I am planning on creating tutorials, but I need some knowledge to learn. When you are looking for ideas please consider about a video about how to create a programming tutorials. Maybe it could contain how to learn a small topic, how to take notes, then how to create videos, then taking those videos and doing post production on voice, on videos and so on. I know there are tons of other videos, but you are one of the role model for some people including me. Your teaching style, personality play a big role in learning stuff from you. You are different. Thank you for doing what you love to do despite some burnouts. Love you. Greetings from Azerbaijan!
I stumbled on to these videos, and they seem to be very complete and created in a way that I can absorb the knowledge. I have stuck with one tutorial company for a while, but a fresh perspective may be what I need to move ahead as a soon to be developer!
Thank you brad . You can treat anxiety and panic attack with b3 vitamin and magnesium glycinate and vitamin d and sleeping night with no light plus working out a bit . 🙂
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Please make a documentary on a live project 🙏🏼. How you spoke to the client and understood the request. How you created wireframe. How you designed database. How you built entire project. Etc.
I'd love to see that, as I will be expected to be doing this in my new position within a few months.
"design database" what are you talking about...
Doing some tables in photoshop right
Great idea, would love to see that ✅
Yes please I want to see that too
Amazing idea
Brad is my best coding friend.
I'm learning more from his experience.
Awesome Brad. Keep it up.
When I learn a new language it comes down to this (and you learn it in this order):
1. How do I store information (variables/ types/reference vs. value ei. a=2, b="howdy!", c=a) Can you store strings? Can you set a variable to another variable?Does i copy the value or a reference to itself, etc).
2. How do I compare information (conditions, Does a=b, ab, a>b, a
"always try to be a student and a teacher" - that's a good quote.
Something which has helped me learn to code is iterative learning. I go all out learning a language for two weeks or six weeks, then I switch to another topic or focus on exercising for a month. I stole this idea from the concept of Agile project management and it has served me well. After three or five iterations, you are in that sweet spot of learning which feels great.
This is speaking as a hobbyist.
My approach is very similar to yours and it works for me, so far.
I do not see this working for me. I’m very much of the “if you don’t use it you lose it” mentality.
@@kokodev3719 The thing is that I use what I learn in between those "learning sprints", so yeah, you're right, and for me everything in life is such. use it or lose it. it's very rarely the case where we don't use knowledge and yet retain it. happy coding
@@m3awna I agree. It's all about those personal projects. Build that portfolio!
hey brad, i'm also in recovery! you were the first person I bought courses from a few months back (html/css). sometimes I want to quit because I feel like I've destroyed my life already and I'm not cut out for this, but knowing that you went through something similar in the past is incredibly inspiring and motivating. thank you :)
You are cut out for this. I can't tell you how many times I felt that way. I still do some days. It may never go away. I have learned to tell that part of me to shut the f*ck up lol. You will too. Believe me, I did so much drugs and harmed my body and brain when I was younger. That can all recover.
@@TraversyMedia I'm so grateful I found your channel. Our bodies are always healing; we are more resilient than we give ourselves credit for. You have inspired so many people with the adversity you've faced. Much love from Canada.
I reallly hope you did well on that one, and even if you didn't it's not late.Been there so as well.
You have no idea how often i had this feeling that I have already irreparably destroyed my life and health did not allow me to follow the path that I really wanted. But the very thirst to do something says that you have talent. And then I thought, if for so many years and troubles this idea of becoming a developer does not gone away and has not died yet, then i must do it. And I got up at 40+ and started doing. I've been doing this for a year now. And I quit smoking according to Allen Carr's book The only way to stop smoking forever. I advise everyone who has gone through this. God bless us.
@@jusyFAllen-Carr-Methode helped me too.
I appreciate your real talk. We all have moments where we want to smash the monitor but educators rarely acknowledge that frustration.
Knowing I'm not the only one feeling that way makes me feel better when my brain does want to explode.
Already good with HTML and CSS (learnt from your videos years ago) but still purchased 2 of your starter courses last month just to make sure I didn't miss anything fundamentals concerned. Thanks Brad
I am just starting out coding React with a Node JS backend which requests information from another API, and the sense of achievement when that requested information appears on the webpage is immense!! So totally agree with the content of this video..
Your tips are amazing! I have 30 years of experience with programming and I always learn something from your videos!
Thanks so much, that's awesome
whoa great, btw how it feels like being this much experienced
@@NishantCosmos You discover that every decision that you make has its pros and cons. From naming a variable when coding to choosing between a monolith or microservice architecture for your project. After these years, you see more clearly "the best" option/tool for that moment. Because there is no "the right" solution, there is no "silver bullet" in IT.
I totally agree with you. Fundamentals and theory of programming is definaly something to focus on at the beginning. With that knowledge, you are not learning a language or framework, but the tools that will allow you to pick up any language in a matter of hours.
If you wanna be good in web dev apart from programming concepts itself, I strongly recommend getting knowledge of network. Not saying to go and do CCNA or something, but I would say Cisco trainings, books and materials are one of best to get familiar with networking. And other this is OS concepts.
Again I don't say you must go and start writing compilers etc.
Finally also there is database concept. "The relational model for database management " book is free. Although it's quite old it's still one of the best I could advise to read.
Personally I have straight close to metal background as electronic/computer engineer with embedded system design, but I don't say one should start from there, although it can help quite a bit especially when it comes to back end stuff and IoT, as you will know communication protocols. Not only networking.
If I would have to advise one to read any books I would say:
"Operating system concepts"- any edition would be good but get as latest as possible.
"Understanding Linux kernel" again it's 1000 pages and I don't expect you to go whole way, but read at lest introduction chapters.
Also DB book I mentioned above.
People often talk about environment and they think about client or server, but often forget that OS (even for server) is environment also and whole network as well.
Be a lifetime learner
not just in technology but in life . This will never fail you, if nothing else it will give you lifetime of enjoyment and feel relaxed within yourself
+5000. I don't know how many times I come across know it all types or people who pretend to know it all, or think they create job security by holding back information not knowing if they die tomorrow, someone needs to step in. True development is not just being able to figuring out how to solve a problem or puzzle, but sharing that knowledge. Never assume you know everything, because you don't. And always be able to take in information from others, even if it is not correct, it is still a learning experience. Tech changes, and adapting and learning it how you progress and build you skill and never take anything personal.
Thank you. I have been trying to really focus on the fundamentals. This field of tech moves so fast that its easy to feel left behind if you don't jump into the trendy frameworks and stuff. But it's worth it to study the fundamentals for a while. Its worth it. It makes it easier to pick up the abstractions or any stuff that's built on top of the fundamentals.
Yeah and there are fundamentals to everything. For example, understanding the fundamentals of HTTP will help you with ANY language/framework. Learning HTTP is much more valuable than just learning the syntax of an Express server. Some people don't understand this. Learn what is happening "under the hood"
The Harvard CS50 course (online and free) is worth following along with, you get some idea of the fundamentals within computers themselves e.g. binary. There's even a MOOC called Nand-to-Tetris that goes right from the transistor level upwards until you've built a working game. I think it's worth understanding these things, even to just a shallow depth, as it helps you feel a little less like you're in the middle of a boundless ocean.
@@TraversyMedia do you recommend MDN's HTTP module on their website for learning it, or something else?
@@thatoneuser8600 The MDN docs is generally an excellent reference. Traversy Media has a crash course on HTTP which is worth watching. The CORS MDN HTTP docs are worth checking out.
"Looking at learning as a meditation session.." Nobody has put it that way ever before. Genius! Thanks Brad.
Brad, you like my coding dad, I enjoy learning from you so much!
Come on, big brother. I am way too young to be your dad. Lol thanks for watching!
@@TraversyMedia I thought you will say "Ok Son... Enjoy the feast!!!" 😛😂
@@TraversyMediasir please can you recommend a doc for me
Brad is a great teacher. His style of teaching makes writing of code simple. He has a good organisation of code. I have gained much more from him compared to other tutors.
He is so vast and confident. What a great programmer he is!
0:55 - focus on the fundamentals - a friend told me that when I was young, I was luck enough to hear!
Yes
Thank you so much, Brad. I went from not even knowing what html was six months ago to being able to design full websites, all thanks to you and your videos.
When it comes to these type of videos, I tend to listen but not watch. However, this video was something else. It seemed like I had one-on-one session with you and you were talking to me directly. Also, the room ambient was calming and relaxing. Great quality. You really tend to stick out of the crowd with the way you create content and I appreciate it!
Awesome. That’s exactly what I try and go for. Thanks
I started learning PHP and JS because I wanted to learn the fundamentals first. My peers were jumping into Vue, Laravel, Flutter and such.
Watching them struggle with basic problems that could have been fixed by just understanding the fundamentals makes me thankful for the path I chose. My only problem would be getting attached to whatever I learned and being afraid of new things.
That sensation of being afraid is called tech overwhelming and you should know how to deal with it, as it's the case for your stress most of the time.
Good, But one thing at a time.
seems like it is more of a personality thing and you being aware of your weak points is really exemplary.
I’ve been following your channel for years now , loving the new video setup , looking crisp and great lighting
Thank you man. Still working out some quirks, but I'm happy with it.
Brad is the real deal. self made, working class dude. great content and you've changed so many lives.
100%... Even after 20+ years I'm still always learning. With the amount of programming concepts, different algorithms, and different problems with different solutions, it's impossible for a single programmer to know all of it.
From what I can tell, you don't need to memorize how to implement data structures and algorithms, do you? You just need to know their use cases: when to use them, when not to use them, so that when you insert it into the codebase for optimization purposes, you can just look up a standard library or library implementation. Then you run the profiler and see if it helped your performance. If it hurt performance, take it out; if it helped, keep it and see what you can do from there to make it faster if you still need to.
I just wanted to say thank you. You have been working as a coder for about nine months now. I work for a great team, and you were part of that. You teach in a very approachable style. You show mistakes. You take about your life challenges and demands. Your sincerity has always kept me coming back for content.
as someone who meditates, i love that you made the analogy when talking about immersion.
Thank you for this. As a fellow recovering addict I can relate to the struggles. I'm a bit further behind you but slowly and steadily getting there. Hats off to your amazing turn-around operation. You are definitely someone to look up to today.
Golden advice as usual!
I love his honesty about tutorials and being only half the battle to learning a particular language/concept. Tutorials are great - and I typically will use a tutorial (usually a crash course) as a starting point, as I think it both gives a solid foundation to build off of, and also gives some great intuition in a relatively short amount of time about if the topic is what you need to solve a particular problem. If it is, then the compacted content in the tutorial will usually put things into context for myself when I go off and read docs/open source projects/etc. So 100% agree with Brad's comments here!
Man of courtesy. I learned too much from you. All advices were GOLD but "Immerse yourself in learning" was DIAMOND.
Traversy, New Boston, Net Ninja, Cave of Programming and Now Caleb Curry for me. These AMAZING HUMANS are the best in my opinion.
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! I just went through your JavaScript class a few months back. I was just basically making sure I wasn't missing anything. I did it through Safari Books Online (video courses). I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE JACKED!! Your voice did not let on. Anyway, I'm starting your Angular course now. Thanks for all the good work.
On a personal note... I have been watching you for a long time and we have actually conversed a couple of times; the grey works on you! Very distinguished. Much respect.
Two years a go i started learning new web development issues from Brad channel Thank you
I am feeling proud that you are my teacher. I learnt from your videos when I was struggling to figure out where I should start from. You gave me the path with your easy methods, Building projects with explaining each minor step and details. Sometimes I miss you on the video on your channel. I know it has grown bigger and it is business now. But no one can teach like you.
Your humbleness is over human levels. Wish you all your wishes come true.
Brad, you're one of the best instructors I've ever seen, I really learnt a lot stuff of techs from you and now I'm working as a Frontend Developer in a big company thanks man for all your effort, I'm really glad to hear your tut today, good job as usual. Keep going, man.
That thing about the short attention span is very very scary indeed. As Naval Ravicant said: "Once the Internet came along, I think it destroyed everyone’s attention span. Now all of humanity’s works are available to you at any given time and you’re being interrupted constantly. Our attention span goes down, our ability to focus goes down."
Concentration is like a muscle that requires regular exercise to strengthen. So, the advice you provided is a solid one. It really helps, and it grows as times passes.
Thanks for another excellent advice.
The rush you get from getting something to work is no joke, I try to explain it to non-programmers how addictive it is and they don't get it :)
Dude, I love you. You are best online Coding Instructor, bcuz you are the only one who talks with HONESTY. 🥰
When I first got into programming I spent a good year just learning OOP fundementals with Java & I can say after that my learning accelerated & everything became so much easier to learn.
Brad I am gonna be thanking you all year🙏 .
I got a job almost immediately after my 1year youth service (something we do here in Nigeria ) , in a very well established company here and my transition has been for the most part smooth and it's partly thanks to your tutorials and guides .
being a kid (basically) and getting this kinda job in Nigeria ain't no joke ...but you figuratively held my hands through the storms . Ekushe (well-done )
Congrats bro...am from Nigeria too and am a few months into my journey,is there anyway I can contact you, cause I really need like a mentor nigeria .. tank you very much.
Awesome! Congrats. I'm glad I could help in any way.
I learned HTML, CSS, little bit of JavaScript & Python from you & I love you for that
Grreetings From Somalia you are one of the best tutors happy to see you back .
1] focus on the fundamentals
2]study the docs
3] learn from other people or from others people's code
4] go beyond the tutorials apply your own mind and know your own learning routes
5] immerse yourself in learning
6] get into a flow state when doing code
7] never be known it all person
its all worth it .
keep walking
Learn, learn, learn. Be a student and a teacher. Well said, Brad. 👍
Thanks for being honest man. No ones does what you do. You are a billionaire in heart 💓. You think from every individual perspective and has been always down to earth.
'Like this guy' :D
I love your approach of being straight-forward and transparent. Fundamentals matter, and documentation is the best place to start.
Golden words and absolutely correct things you say to people.
You need to learn all your life, this is the enjoyment - strive for something more, you can’t stand still.
Thank you very much for your lessons!
Great tips brad! Personally, I found the best thing for me was to make side project after side project. I woul get obsessed with them and stuff so many features in that I learnt how to make a lot of really cool things.
As someone who is just getting into programming, in and the grind of learning, I like what you said about always being a student and a teacher. That resonated with me. Great video, thanks man.
You continue to impress me with your insights. 'immerse yourself in learning ' is a great tip
I think your spot on. Even the thought of knowing it all scares me! Not possible, others I've encountered expressing this condition. Life just teaches us all eventually. Great talk, thanks.
the feeling of figuring it out is the best feeling in the world
This is a timely video for me, as I'm in full developer growth mode (just been made redundant). I have so much on my plate that I want to learn, so getting to the fundamentals had been a life saver. And Brad, your Crash Course vids have been really great at getting me on the path.
Just started my coding journey, my mentor recommended this page. Thank you for the content.
I just said thanks a lot I found this video just in time. I couldn't agree more with what you said. In my own struggles to learn development by myself, I ended being not even pushed forward in my learnings. This is the best advice so far I have heard from a developer.
Thanks for the video, Brad. I like when you just have a sit down conversation with us from time to time. It's a nice change of pace
5:30 immerse yourself into learning -> so helpful
Thanks Brad!! Couldn' agree more, especially about reading the docs. I was learning Django Rest Framework and I noticed everything was in the docs.
'Immerse yourself into learning' is the tip I would give to anyone nowadays. Even turn off your phone, create new user in your windows so its gonna be only programming stuff on a pulpit, if possible get a separate place/office/room to focus only on this. Focusing only on learning helped me a lot. And if you enjoy it, your time will pass on like while gaming or something. Way too fast :)
Brad is genuinely a wonderful person; thank you so much for paving the way for us.
Spent a couple of years learning by myself and attended various occasions related to programming. I still learned tips from this video. Love this!
Great video. Thanks for being so down-to-earth, knowledgeable, and willing to share what you've learned!
Your Modern JavaScript From the Beginning course on Udemy was very good for learning fundamentals.
I just had a Web Development exam (i'm in college). I aced my grade and had no issues with the course. You helped alot, considering that your channel covered all the topics of the class. Whenever anyone asks me about a good web course, i always recommend this channel. Best wishes ! 😁
Documentation is no 1 place one shoud go for that's what I prefer. Been telling this to my fresher mate over and over.
thank you brad you are my best teacher ever i had in my life
This Media I think should be called a school. Because this is where I get most if not all my programming knowledge.
Brad, my ✋🙌 are up.
Always a pleasure watching your videos,… I must say, you were one of my motivation sources… Some time ago, I switched my career actually. I never got any computer science degree but watching your videos always helped me stay on track, and it’s been six months now working as a full time software developer. Thanks and keep doing it,… 🙏
What really helped me was doing projects, non stop. The only way you can understand and learn any thing :D
Brad always put a pill of wisdom amidst the tech stuff in his videos. A special guy who deserves his achievements 👍
I have been watching your videos for a very long time. And thanks to you and others who share their content on RUclips, I've become a pretty decent programmer. I wanted to say a big thank you for that.
Of course I also read a lot of documentation but watching videos makes me feel like I'm part of a cool community.
Thanks also for this video and have a nice week
Best regards from Germany
JP Behrens
Thanks Man for being upfront and truthful.
Thank you Brad, I've already heard these Tips, but now it's coming from you, I gave it a chance to think on it.
Yeah If I just listed them without saying anything further, that is useless. I try and put my own spin on everything.
Great video! Office setup looks amazing 🔥🔥🔥
You're one of the best mentor Brad, your HTML crash course was the first video I watched 2 years ago when I started my web development journey, and now I've proud of myself what I've achieved and I never back down to help those people who wanna start this journey like me. You've been a great help sir, Love you and your passion for teaching.
I love the tip about immersing yourself in learning. It made me realise that when I'm learning I get into a kind of zen and creative headspace and it has given me a new appreciation for that. Overall this video is super helpful and I appreciate your work so much!
Shit man, I have been watching and learning from your videos for a while now and always had that feeling that I connected with you on a deeper level, now i get it ! Im sober as well, been clean for around 3.5 years !!! congrats man and keep it up ! Your videos are amazing, your html and css crash course where the first pages I ever made !
I highly recommend Brad videos, your contents are amazing, thanks for helping millions.
Thank you for this video! Honestly, both your code/tutorial, and more generalized "life" advice videos have been such guiding lights on my journey. As someone who is also a former drug user/addict, and starting the code journey later than many, I am just so grateful for your presence. Wishing you the very very best and can't wait to see what's to come!
A lot of advice shared here. Thank you Brad. Glad to see you look up to your feet now. Stay blessed
Respect to Mr.Brad from India 🙏
THanks for this video, @traversymedia ! Your 'immerse yourself in learning' really hit home today. I've been trying to find focus for months and have been in a real funk over this time. I look at my code and can't even get started to work on it. Haven't been able to even sit down and start the number of tutorials I bought months ago to learn new / sharpen current skills. I really want to finish and monetize a side project I've been working on for a long time, but can not find the motivation to get back into it. For some reason, your comment of 'use the time as a meditation exercise' got me motivated to do just this. I have watched your videos for the past several years and you are very inspirational and a great teacher. Thank you for the much needed motivation today. Hopefully it is the kick in the a$$ I need to get myself out of this rut.
That's awesome and extremley rewarding to hear. I get into slumps all of the time. As long as you don't give up, you will find your way out of it.
Damn everytime i hear the theme song on the intro i feel satisfied man.. Your pieces of advice and tutorials really got me going. God bless you man. 🙏🏾
production quality is through the roof Brad!
I'm an ex addict myself and dude..you ain't wrong. I get a mad rush learning something new or when you hit run and everything works. To be honest the amount of time I've put into coding has ment I'm not putting time into anything negative. It's given me focus and a sense of direction for the first time in my life.
I feel i need to watch this every morning 😄
Inspiring! I took a break from learning to be a developer but after hearing this I wanna get back on the horse.
Greetings from Indonesia! you are the inspiration of many programmers here, keep doing good stuff for us beginners. Thank You mr. Brad !
Heyyyy your boy is back I like the new setup
I appreciate you brad, definitely an OG when it comes to teaching all things computer programming. Much love brother 🙏🏾
I got into coding the first time I had that high you described of solving a problem with code. It is amazing, and although I don't get it as often any more it is something I am strangely addicted to and crave 😅. I think if I lose that craving I will stop coding, but 4 years in and going stronger day by day. Thank you for giving so much to the community all around the world, Brad!
The immersion piece of this is so underrated, especially in current times
You are my inspiration and compassion
This video was actually super helpful. Like the tip about looking at the docs and other people's code. Thank you.
It does really give you high. I've really enjoyed learning this stuff.
"Learning as a meditatiion session"! Worth trying.
Please share those kinds of things every once in a while.
And also how you learn so fast those technologies in no time and create a tutorial about it.
I am planning on creating tutorials, but I need some knowledge to learn.
When you are looking for ideas please consider about a video about how to create a programming tutorials.
Maybe it could contain how to learn a small topic, how to take notes, then how to create videos, then taking those videos and doing post production on voice, on videos and so on.
I know there are tons of other videos, but you are one of the role model for some people including me.
Your teaching style, personality play a big role in learning stuff from you. You are different. Thank you for doing what you love to do despite some burnouts. Love you. Greetings from Azerbaijan!
I stumbled on to these videos, and they seem to be very complete and created in a way that I can absorb the knowledge. I have stuck with one tutorial company for a while, but a fresh perspective may be what I need to move ahead as a soon to be developer!
Thank you brad .
You can treat anxiety and panic attack with b3 vitamin and magnesium glycinate and vitamin d and sleeping night with no light plus working out a bit . 🙂
Lookin good! 😄
Thanks man. I have some stuff to workout with the camera. Right now everything is on auto. I like it though.
@@TraversyMedia please can you recommend a doc.