To improve your technical skills, become a concept collector!

One of the best pieces of engineering advice my dad ever gave me was: “๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ”.

I love this so much because it’s eas…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Sabrina Koumoin

One of the best pieces of engineering advice my dad ever gave me was: "๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ".

I love this so much because it's easy to get overwhelmed in tech with all the coding languages and tools available to us. But when you think of yourself as a concept-collector you can start to identify patterns in the things you're learning.

For example, I noticed that no matter what framework I use, web development is essentially made up of these building blocks:

๐ŸŒ„ Views -> What's being displayed to the user

๐ŸŽข Events -> The different things that a user 'causes to happen'

๐Ÿšจ Event Handling -> What we do after the user causes things to happen

๐Ÿ—ณ Storage -> Data/information needs to be stored and retrieved

๐Ÿš Routing and Controllers -> Allows us to create conceptual locations for where data/information should live

โš’ Optimization -> Making things run as smoothly as possible

In other words:

  • The user needs to see something
  • The user needs to interact with what they see and make things happen
  • When they cause something to happen I need to decide what occurs next
  • My data needs to be stored somewhere, and I need to be able to access it
  • I use routes to allow the user to access data kept in different locations
  • I optimize to make things run smoother

When you learn something new, try to grasp the deeper meaning of what's being done. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. If you notice these patterns you'll be able to switch between frameworks and languages much more easily and confidently!

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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Sabrina Koumoin


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