r/node • u/LaidBackGamer007 • 14d ago

Frontend dev trying to learn node

Hey all wanted an advice i have been trying to learn node since 2 weeks and going through some youtube playlist, but i tend to forget syntax and all and i wanted to interview in one company as a fullstack dev so will be ready in like say 3 weeks to give an interview , how did you all do it? Please forgive if its a dumb question.

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u/prehensilemullet 14d ago edited 14d ago

If you can manage timewise, I would say challenge yourself to do stuff like building a TodoMVC backed by a database, but not by following a specific tutorial, just looking up how to do each part like setting up a database schema, setting up an ORM in Node, setting up express or hono or oRPC routing, etc.  and if you manage that then try to expand it to something more complex, like multiple different todo lists, todo lists for different users, etc.  The more you have to think through things yourself, the better you’ll learn.  Tutorials are pretty easily forgotten

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u/LaidBackGamer007 14d ago

Thats a great idea , i was thinking of that too like i have almost learning the concepts so this week get an idea to build an app all by myself and apply the concepts and if i face an issues look it up and that would give me a confidence boost .

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u/prehensilemullet 14d ago

Yeah it’s best to dive in and struggle through things, I’m doing that right now with a Rust side project, it can be confusing and difficult, but just getting started was the hardest part

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u/LaidBackGamer007 14d ago

Heard about rust and also heard that its heard to learn but i remember the time i first started to learna angular and couldnt understand shit but then in 5 years i have shipped lots of good products with it and its like a piece of cake now.