How to remember everything you're learning

It's one of the top questions our learners ask at Codecademy: "How can I possibly remember all this?!"

The short answer is you don't have to memorize *everything* in coding all at once, and even experienced developers need to refresh their memories sometimes! For the long answer, well, you've got this video.

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[sabahaysc]

1 Focus on understanding -concepts : by understanding the underlying concepts and algorithms you will be able to code in multiple languages
2 Apply what you are learning through working on multiple projects .
3 View other people projects and codebase through git....
4 Find a community to share collaborate to give and receive feedback on projects git...
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5 Know where to find the answers to your question
6 Compile good resources personally(I did not understand this one)
7 Take notes
8 Practice! practice! practice!.
learning code is a journey a voyage not a dip in the pool.

[crunchysoup]

I always thought it was me being mentally disabled. I am glad I am not alone.

[cam]

i know literally nothing about computers or coding, but am trying to learn as much as i can while i am in grad school. not gonna lie, this is insanely daunting.

[FYPNLP]

It took me a long time to realise there is no hack to getting good at programming. Just practice practice practice. My only suggestion is buy a roll of 'magic whiteboard' to practice writing out algorithms. In fact as you write out algorithms talk about your data structure and why you chose it to solve your problems.

[EJIJISAN]

Lots of good points in this video. The idea of taking notes to help remember is from the imprint left on the brain from writing. Typing doesn't leave an imprint of the letters or symbols whereas, writing creates that imprint allowing us to remember more.

[Itsrichayo]

It's in the tone of the voice (calm), it commits the mind to listen, take notes and do better. Thank for sharing Maggy.

[risingcompassion]

I cannot thank you enough for this, after clicking on this video after a break learning javascript. I was getting really overwhelmed learning Apex with another platform and so went to codecademy, it is the only one that I really love how the setup tests your skills hands-on and doesn't necessarily make it easy so you can grow your skills on the concepts. I feel much better after seeing your video because now I have a frame-work to create for my self-taught journey as a developer.

[carlos_novais]

Thank you for talking about this subject. I am new to coding and I’ve been thinking about how to retain the most important information that I’m learning. Everything you have mentioned makes a lot of sense to me.

[LucasRC]

What a great video to help us understand what coding means, and how to approach the learning journey towards becoming a programmer/web designer. This video really helped me, since I only began my long journey as a Computer Science student(I'm studying CS as a bachelor course plus taking codecademy in order to compliment my uni). Thanks to everyone involved, and may the Code be with us!

[pile]

These extremely important rules should be applied to every kind of job.

[nirajchavan]

Conclusion - What we learn should be practiced through coding and this way we can remember the concept of programming.

[ryanward]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have been struggling with recall of past lessons learned and how to solidify this information. I find myself hitting every hint and still struggling to complete review exercises. I'm hoping this will get me over the hump.

[UAConstantine]

Understand the concepts. Interconnectiveness of them (the structure/space around them). Apply to (maybe semi-educational ) projects!

[moseshernandez]

Thank you for this informative video. I was taking my approach to learning programming a bit too extreme and now I know that by applying from what I have learned here and chilling out a bit that in due time I will become a web developer.

[pasqualvestner]

The hardest things to remember for me are: which keyword does what? which are the implemented functions and last but not least: Math (first keep the logic running in the head and second: calculating in the head). Even if I know the concepts

[zey]

I just started learning how to code. In a year I'll come back and update how much i improved.

[niranjanghimire]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I look forward to using it to my jorney!

[paulnash]

Just watched Maggie's video on how to remember what we're learning, more great stuff! Thank you!

[jshawycp]

thank you for the concise, organized tips. well done!

[libettavares]

This is exactly what I needed today. Thank you!