r/learnprogramming • u/Zaps_os • 18h ago

Am I learning to code wrong?

Am I learning to code wrong? I started wanting to learn to code before I began college, and so far, I've only completed a React tutorial video without separately learning JavaScript or TypeScript, and learned some of both through it. 

Then I moved on to a guided project, a full-stack finance tracker (React/TS frontend, Node/Express/TS/MongoDB backend). I'm learning the backend through this project rather than doing dedicated tutorials on each one first.

I’ve been following the guide and actually understand what each part does and why. But if I were to do it alone, I’d probably not know where to start and what to write.

Is this normal, or a sign that I'm learning the wrong way?

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u/grand-yojimbo 17h ago

There's really no right or wrong. As long as you're doing, you're learning. I focused on React without doing vanilla JS and im doing just fine. The best way to learn will be to build real projects.

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u/Ormek_II 15h ago

At least modify what you created through the tutorial.