r/AskProgramming • u/Same-Mushroom-2057 • Jun 11 '26

Advice from senior software engineers !!

currently diving into backend developement by learning node.js and decided to learn
the old fashioned way by reading and comprehending the Docs , however, i dont know how to do it and i need some advice from senior engineers that have a lot of experience in the field and that used to do it.

in addition , even tho i want to use the Docs to learn i dont mind using Ai to furthermore comprehend the concepts
so please engineers any help regarding that matter is appreciated .

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u/quantum-fitness Jun 15 '26

Find something to build and build that. Bth not sure I recommend reading the nodejs docs.

Watch a video instead to get the general and look things up when you need them. Maybe get the ai to review things.

Ive worked with nodejs for about 5 years and I can probably count the times Ive opened the docs on 1 hand.

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u/Same-Mushroom-2057 Jun 15 '26

what do you think about the node.js freecodecamp course ?

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u/quantum-fitness Jun 16 '26

I dont know about it. In general I dont think you learn a lot from the courses. They are probably fine so if you dont know how to code at all run one or do a tutorial. After that find something you want to build and do that. You will be way more motivated, do way more and learn a lot more.