Built my first CRUD app in 3 tries, but the second attempt was the real lesson

Started with a todo list tutorial from a YouTube video, got it running in 2 hours, then rewrote it from scratch because the code felt messy. The third version was cleaner but took a full weekend. Is learning the 'wrong' way actually better for beginners than copying best practices from day one?

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bettys5110d ago

The mess was the lesson, honestly. First app I made worked fine but I had no clue why, second one was a disaster of broken code, but that failure taught me more than any clean tutorial ever did. When you copy best practices from the start, you miss the part where you learn why those practices exist. Rewriting the todo app a few times is good, it forces you to see the same problem from different angles. The third version being cleaner is proof you figured out something, not just memorized a pattern. Keep doing it the messy way, it sticks better.