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Agree, then again there are different types of people. Some wants to learn from bottom up(analytic approach), others want to see cool stuff then tweak, modify,
by reitanqild 11y ago
Agree, then again there are different types of people.
Some wants to learn from bottom up(analytic approach), others want to see cool stuff then tweak, modify, replace to find the limits (holistic approach).
IIRC there is a tendency that young people prefer the holistic approach while teachers either are selected for or grow into preferring the analytical approach.
- trm42 11y agoReally good point! Most of us veterans assume that because we have learned things the hard way and from bottom up, everybody else should learn like that. "Make them suffer like us and they will learn the holy truth" ;D
- ludamad 11y agoWhenever I know something well I feel like I'm excited to teach people 'just the good techniques'. I do notice that the things I describe don't sound as cool because they haven't struggled with the less cool stuff, though
- cpplinuxdude 11y agoDoesn't holistic approach just make sense? It's not like you learned to speak with your parents reading you the dictionary beginning with the letter A.
- datasage 11y agoIts a good way to start and actually make things happen. But it's also important to get beyond that to become a strong developer. Some do, some don't. jQuery is a common way to learn to do front end programming. It saves a lot of time when used well. But it is important to extend the knowledge to core javascript and be able to write code when jQuery is not available (like when writing scripts to embed on different sites).
- steveklabnik 11y agoThe approaches aren't exclusive either, you can start "holistic" and then learn more by going "analytic" afterwards, once you have the gist of things.
- reitanqild 11y agoAgreed, this is my preferred way of learning.