Week 3 - Session 1 - Finding the Answers

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Don't worry if you get lost when programming, instead get comfortable not knowing everything but get good at asking, and finding answers to your questions. Most importantly, don’t copy and paste code examples, understand the code and the thinking behind it. As good practice, type the example line by line. Understand what is going on and take time to play around in Node CLI or the browser dev tools.

Three tips for becoming the king of finding answers:
  • Effective Googling - Always include the language or technology in your query e.g. “javascript get array length”. Be concise - “javascript get array length”. Exclude information that might only be specific to you. 
  • StackOverflow - Question at the top - solutions underneath. The best answer shouldn’t always be the best answer! Check the vote counts and read the comments.
  • Asking a tutor or each other - If you ask a tutor or another student for help, try and be as specific as you can, and provide the whole picture (i.e. if a test is failing, then show the code for the test and the code you want to pass it). Don’t give each other the answers - nudge each other in the right direction!

Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com/

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