How To Get Out of Tutorial Hell (Step by Step Guide)

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Hi guys. I am absolutely overwhelmed with the reception of my first two videos. Thank you guys so much, I deeply appreciate it. Also, thank you to all who gave me feedback regarding my pacing, volume, etc.

My effort towards YouTube was not at all very calculated, and it was very much a spur of the moment activity for me. I will try my best to keep improving. I will also try to respond to everyone that commented across my last two videos. Your time means a lot to me and I will continue to do my best to serve it right.

I would also like to say that you should please checkout the videos from Traversy Media, Web Dev Simplified, and an article from FreeCodeCamp on how to get out of tutorial hell.

===HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE===
You need to know
- Variables
- Loops
- Conditional Statements
- Functions (just how to write one)

That's it.

Resources to get 'small' coding projects
You can select a dropdown menu to choose your language.
I am in no way affiliated with them, I just like their platform.

For Math/Puzzle style problem

This is also an excellent resource for 'Cloning' Project ideas

References

[tdotgg]

Quality vid. I tried to do something similar months ago and it didn’t communicate a solution anywhere near as well. Hope this finds the audience that needs to see it 🙏

[inspacesilence]

Getting out of tutorial by watching a tutorial 🗿

[Cokodayo]

It took me a long time to realise that all programming is, is breaking down complex problems into simpler ones and googling them.

[godlikeexcellence]

Oh, finally! A step-by-step guide on how to escape the endless abyss that is tutorial hell. Because let's face it, we all love spending our days endlessly watching tutorials and feeling like we're making progress but never actually building anything real. Can't wait to see what steps this guide recommends, maybe it's just more tutorials!

[WebDevSimplified]

Not the hair! :P

In all seriousness, though, this is a great video and something I am constantly trying to teach people.

[Ctrl_Alt_Elite]

Bruh... the mindset shift from seeing things as features to mini projects is one i never thought about - so simple & succinct but effective.

[jamesbandz]

If I'm jumping into a new language. I watch a tutorial. If I understand what I need to make a project from that tutorial then I'll just go build the project. If the tutorial isn't opening up my brain cells enough I run to the documentation of the language to help me out. Remember, Documentation is everything. If you don't understand a specific part of a documentation now you can watch a short tutorial on how it works or look up examples of the code being used in projects. Far more easier than watching a whole 7-10 hour beginners guide.

[duttaoindril]

Decomposition is the most important skill you will probably learn your entire career. Everything can be broken down. No matter what stack you pick, no matter what experience level you are - breaking everything down to changing 1line of code is something everybody will always do. Once you figure that out, I have a tip for you:

I have ADD. I decompose things to smaller parts often, ending up in rabbit holes. After I finish something, it's very hard to pull myself out of that hole and continue working on the overarching problem. Solution? Documentation. Use (free?) task management or thought management tools like linear or notion or excalidraw to plot out your journey as you make dives, and refer back to it to regain the context at a higher level. Just like he said - your goal is to solve a problem and move on.

[heavymetalelf]

This actually taught me more about coding than my college Java class

[kyledtv]

if there's anything that I'm struggling with when learning to code, it's definitely the fact that I've been stuck in tutorial hell. I'm constantly watching tutorials but then when it comes to doing it on my own I don't know what to do, what to build, or how to build. Now that I've come across a video like this, I'll have a better idea of what to do now. Thanks for this video 🙌🏼.

[gge]

take a project dont follow a tutorial build it with suffering and research. Dont make it too small or to big. Then look on what you can improve. Repeat until you are questioning your life choices. I made a reddit sentiment analysis tool and an a* alghorithm visualization that are kind of breakthrough projects for me. No tutorial just embracing the pain. Still tutorials are great but learning by doing it yourself makes some braincells click in a different way. Atleast from my experience :)

[isrufitsum]

After learning vanila js tutorial for the past 4 months, it is time to start building my own . I've got you on the perfect time, thanks buddy keep killing it.

[yui_mikai]

Dude, you're blowing my mind with these informative bite sized videos. Your video on changing our mindset for Programming and thinking of it as a hobby has really helped me.

[messi]

as someone who recently finished a project using this exact mindset, i approve this video 100%

[ToastRusk]

I came across this terminology recently and am grateful because I never faced this issues in past 10 years 🙌

[xGAB]

Remember me when your channel hits millions, because It will very soon my friend.

[theelectros]

Changed my whole trajectory. Thanks bro

[iwandejong]

It comes down to not worrying to ask questions, with asking questions you take care of your curiosity as well. Just by Googling endlessly, even if you sit there for 2 hours searching for one thing and find it at the end, that's how I learnt the most. This is a great video, thank you!

[edwardseverinsen]

This is basically how I originally learned to code when I was a teenager and to be honest it's a metric ton more fun this way. If I ever have to watch a tutorial video again I'm gonna test the strength of my shower curtain.

[ForenzaAudio]

THis is honestly. . lovely in every way