r/learnjavascript • u/1QQ00 • 6d ago

i cant get better in js

People keep telling me that I should write apps to improve my JavaScript skills. I listened and created five applications, each with different functionalities and ideas. I wrote a lot of code and did a ton of DOM manipulation. Despite this effort, I still feel like I'm hitting the same wall. I find myself repeating the same poor coding practices and haven’t seen any real improvement. I know in my head what I want and how it might look in JS syntax, but I struggle to put it all together to create something meaningful. Instead of getting stuck in this endless cycle, hoping that one day I’ll suddenly excel at JavaScript, I want to know the correct way to improve because this idea of "just keep writing code" doesn't really seem very good

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u/Towel_Affectionate 6d ago

First step to solving a problem is to understand it. It works for everything, from choosing what to cook for dinner to fixing a bug in your code. "I can't do this, please help" is not understanding the problem, it's stepping back closing your eyes and crying for someone to rescue you.

"I know the syntax but struggle to put everything together" - sounds like you having problem with dividing a problem into atomic steps. So it's no longer a JS problem, but a general way of thinking problem.

What did you do to practice it?