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EPISODE · May 2, 2018 · 1H 2M

How to Learn New Things Quickly

from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · host Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Scott and Wes talk about how they learn new things quickly. Scott also tells a crazy story about his weekend. Netlify — Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. They are also hiring! netlify.com/careers Fluent Conf - Sponsor Developers, software engineers, designers, and web performance professionals flock to Fluent in pursuit of a common goal: building a better web. That means delivering fast, secure, accessible experiences to users and customers. Fluent covers a broad range of technologies and topics to provide web programming professionals with the skills, connections, and inspiration needed to build better online and mobile experiences. Fluent is this June 11-14 in San Jose, CA. Save 20% today with code: SYNTAX Show Notes 2:00 Scott recounts his crazy story about getting Lymphangitis 8:30 Know your learning type videos, blogs, docs, source no right or wrong way 15:00 Foundational Skills 23:00 Narrow your focus Should you learn Redux with React? blurring skills hurts future progress don't learn too many things at once 26:00 Get excited try to reclaim your initial excitement flow happens when you are excited pick projects around hobbies Star wars sucks 33:00 Grind Time write code first ask questions later break shit Submit to yourself that you are going to build this 3-4 times iteration driven development quality from quantity use smarter people snippet libs style guides 40:00 Immersion follow every kind of media you can put things on in the background permeate into your brain ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: Crushing It Book Wes: Crushing It AudioBook Scott: Popmotion Pose Shameless Plugs Wes' JavaScript30 Course Scott's Headless WordPress course 1:00:00 Scott comes out of nowhere with a story about TEA! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

Scott and Wes talk about how they learn new things quickly. Scott also tells a crazy story about his weekend. Netlify — Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. They are also hiring! netlify.com/careers Fluent Conf - Sponsor Developers, software engineers, designers, and web performance professionals flock to Fluent in pursuit of a common goal: building a better web. That means delivering fast, secure, accessible experiences to users and customers. Fluent covers a broad range of technologies and topics to provide web programming professionals with the skills, connections, and inspiration needed to build better online and mobile experiences. Fluent is this June 11-14 in San Jose, CA. Save 20% today with code: SYNTAX Show Notes 2:00 Scott recounts his crazy story about getting Lymphangitis 8:30 Know your learning type videos, blogs, docs, source no right or wrong way 15:00 Foundational Skills 23:00 Narrow your focus Should you learn Redux with React? blurring skills hurts future progress don't learn too many things at once 26:00 Get excited try to reclaim your initial excitement flow happens when you are excited pick projects around hobbies Star wars sucks 33:00 Grind Time write code first ask questions later break shit Submit to yourself that you are going to build this 3-4 times iteration driven development quality from quantity use smarter people snippet libs style guides 40:00 Immersion follow every kind of media you can put things on in the background permeate into your brain ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: Crushing It Book Wes: Crushing It AudioBook Scott: Popmotion Pose Shameless Plugs Wes' JavaScript30 Course Scott's Headless WordPress course 1:00:00 Scott comes out of nowhere with a story about TEA! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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