CaptainRant

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: I believe in theoretical study prior to proof of concept.

At least for me, it takes me a 100 times more time to make a proof of concept the 'quick and easy' way rather than properly studying the theoretical knowledge and then applying it.
For example, it took me one and a half months to build a small website in ReactJS without much prior knowledge. It took me exactly one day performing the same task when I properly had studied all its internals and theoretical knowledge before I started.

If I know what I'm doing, I can easily create; if I don't, then I'm just messing around, looping myself into problems ad infinitum.

Teach a man to fish..

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AnxiousADHDGuy

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Doesnt make sense. What makes more sense is that you gained 1 month practice and then based on that you learned theory and now you applied both and just in general have more well rounded knowledge to do this thing.

Its same like u would say u were running for 1 month daily and now you invented this new technique which allows u to run faster than u did 1 month ago while discarding the fact of how much u built your stamina during that month.
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CaptainRant

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@AnxiousADHDGuy That's the thing: those two events were disconnected and they were for two different frameworks. In one case I kept struggling for a month to make a simple demo project because I didn't know any of the internals of the framework and the theory behind how it works, while in the other case (other framework) I first sat down and studied for a few weeks before I attempted a demo project. During the studying time I didn't do any practice. The theory helps a lot.

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