Guys, I have been studying some how to's on JavaScript in w3school...But there is this particular tutorial called "image slider". That thing is so hard for me learn.


Is there anyone who can do it without looking up to Google for help ?

I am thinking of abandoning the tutorial and move to the next one.

PS:I'm learning how to be a front end developer and I have mastered so many steps. Na this one dey hard me to do.

I want to learn from this challenge. Programming pro, plz your advice on this is welcome!

squash47:
Guys, I have been studying some how to's on JavaScript in w3school...But there is this particular tutorial called "image slider". That thing is so hard for me learn.


Is there anyone who can do it without looking up to Google for help ?

I am thinking of abandoning the tutorial and move to the next one.

PS:I'm learning how to be a front end developer and I have mastered so many steps. Na this one dey hard me to do.

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stanliwise:
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I mean like someone who can just write the code without checking to copy it from Google.

I just don't understand the whole stepts.

What do I need to study so that I can be able to do it without looking at Google.


If it's by using matht.random() ..

I can do that one but this one is quite bigger than me.

utepu:
I want to learn from this challenge. Programming pro, plz your advice on this is welcome!

guy, u get similar problem ?

squash47:


I mean like someone who can just write the code without checking to copy it from Google.

I just don't understand the whole stepts.

What do I need to study so that I can be able to do it without looking at Google.


If it's by using matht.random() ..

I can do that one but this one is quite bigger than me.

Better Goan look at it from google. Don’t reinvent the wheels. When you look at it from google, try to understand why you didn’t think of it and how it works. Then write it yourself

Keep looking up to Google until u internalize the concepts

squash47:
Guys, I have been studying some how to's on JavaScript in w3school...But there is this particular tutorial called "image slider". That thing is so hard for me learn.


Is there anyone who can do it without looking up to Google for help ?

I am thinking of abandoning the tutorial and move to the next one.

PS:I'm learning how to be a front end developer and I have mastered so many steps. Na this one dey hard me to do.

stanliwise:

Better Goan look at it from google. Don’t reinvent the wheels. When you look at it from google, try to understand why you didn’t think of it and how it works. Then write it yourself

exactly what I'm fighting against. I want to have it in my head.


I think it's not possible for one to know every code in his head.

afuye:
Keep looking up to Google until u internalize the concepts

thanks man. So, it's not possible for one to know every code in his head na

squash47:
thanks man. So, it's not possible for one to know every code in his head na

Hell No!
Focus on understanding concepts and methods. Don't cram code! Repeat donot cram code!!

squash47:
exactly what I'm fighting against. I want to have it in my head.


I think it's not possible for one to know every code in his head.

why do you need to know every code
Your brain is for thinking and understanding concept. It is not a dictionary or a memory card.

Moreso concentrate on one objective at a time. Is your plan to generate an algorithm to do sliders or your plan is just to make a slider effect. Which one?

squash47:
exactly what I'm fighting against. I want to have it in my head.


I think it's not possible for one to know every code in his head.

Nwokem, a wise man once said ... never try to cram what you can look up.



- Albert Einstein

squash47:
exactly what I'm fighting against. I want to have it in my head.


I think it's not possible for one to know every code in his head.

When it comes to coding, it is not important that you have it in your head, but rather that you understand the logic. You know the process of what you want to do step by step, and then know if it is possible in javascript, and finally what to search for on google.
There is no plagiarism in copying codes from stackoverflow, as long as you understand the process, and can tweak the code as you wish.

squash47:


I mean like someone who can just write the code without checking to copy it from Google.

And since when did referencing Google become a crime?
Better start "unlearning" the things "you have learned"

No need reinventing the wheel. You can't know everything in programming.If you like read the whole documentation and cram the whole syntax(na madness trouble that person dey find )of a particular language. Still you can't know all. As a programmer knowing how to use google and stackoverflow is a skill you must have. You can't do without them(google and stackoverflow). The only problem is copying and pasting code, without having a deep understanding of why that code worked that way and not this way. Never ever cram any code.
Small bootstrap navbar this and navbar that wey I cram I hearam for body. But after using google and stackoverflow I understood the concept, and it made things easy for me.

to create sliders you must use css(transition) + javascript .
it's not that complicated.

if you can post the link of what you are trying to do here, i will try and explain it to you

To understand image slider you need to understand how loops and array works and also how to add css classes to HTML tags dynamically.

I would suggest a video tutorial.

Not looking up things on Google is like trying to solve an assignment without checking textbooks. Software developers Google search even at work, there's no shame in that.

If you don't get it, Google it and do the Googling with pride.

To understand image slider, you need to learn DOM API, as that's the JS responsible for maniputing the elements before jumping into image sliders, because its basically using CSS and JS to perform animation and hiding a dom and showing another. That's my honest advice also w3 school is a bad place to learn JS, use MDN or other sites.

cixak95211:


And since when did referencing Google become a crime?
Better start "unlearning" the things "you have learned"

I just want to know if there is a way I can think it and learn the code without going to Google for help

pcguru1:
To understand image slider, you need to learn DOM API, as that's the JS responsible for maniputing the elements before jumping into image sliders, because its basically using CSS and JS to perform animation and hiding a dom and showing another. That's my honest advice also w3 school is a bad place to learn JS, use MDN or other sites.

thank you man. You just answered the questions. I will check it up.

Karleb:
To understand image slider you need to understand how loops and array works and also how add css classes to HTML tags dynamically.

I would suggest a video tutorial.

Not looking up things on Google is like trying to solve an assignment without checking textbooks. Software developers Google search even at work, there's no shame in that.

If you don't get it, Google it and do the Googling with pride.

Video tutorials don't help me. I get easily distracted. But I can read them up right ?

stanliwise:
why do you need to know every code
Your brain is for thinking and understanding concept. It is not a dictionary or a memory card.

Moreso concentrate on one objective at a time. Is your plan to generate an algorithm to do sliders or your plan is just to make a slider effect. Which one?

Both of them are my plan

Daejoyoung:

When it comes to coding, it is not important that you have it in your head, but rather that you understand the logic. You know the process of what you want to do step by step, and then know if it is possible in javascript, and finally what to search for on google.
There is no plagiarism in copying codes from stackoverflow, as long as you understand the process, and can tweak the code as you wish.

thanks man.

etoluw:
to create sliders you must use css(transition) + javascript .
it's not that complicated.

if you can post the link of what you are trying to do here, i will try and explain it to you

the type in zeratech.com.ng

squash47:


Video tutorials don't help me. I get easily distracted. But I can read them up right ?

Of course.

If you really want to learn JavaScript to it's core nature , just find this book Professional-JavaScript-Developers-Nicholas-Zakas , Although this is mostly ES5, and you can touch up ES6 as you go. JavaScript is really complex and weird you need to understand how it's prototypial inheritance works, if not you will just be a framework expert.

squash47:


I just want to know if there is a way I can think it and learn the code without going to Google for help

Your first few years, will see you going to the internet, not just Google, for help.
But with practice comes perfection, if you see yourself doing the same thing everyday, it's just a matter of time,
you'll be able to do them by heart, including coding.
They have given you superb answers up there. Once the logic has become part and parcel of you,
you only need to go to the internet to lookup "documentation" ONLY

cixak95211:


Your first few years, will see you going to the internet, not just Google, for help.
But with practice comes perfection, if you see yourself doing the same thing everyday, it's just a matter of time,
you'll be able to do them by heart, including coding.
They have given you superb answers up there. Once the logic has become part and parcel of you,
you only need to go to the internet to lookup "documentation" ONLY

I swear, constant reading and practice will help anyone improve and grow as a developer.

squash47:
thanks man. So, it's not possible for one to know every code in his head na

Nope!

Even Vaterans still look online for one or two things, research is part of software development.
Understanding the concepts and how it works is the koko!

squash47:


Both of them are my plan

Focus on one. If you plan to make a slider functionalities and you couldn’t do it after many thought. It means you are not aware of some technics or knowledge. Read articles Or study codes of successful slider and read how they achieved it. It will help

squash47:
thanks man. So, it's not possible for one to know every code in his head na

you just have to understand the basics so you can easily code it. you don't have to memorize the codes

It's not hard....the idea is just to loop through images in an array