🌟 Just Crossed the Finish Line: My JavaScript Journey! 🌟

I decided to dive headfirst into coding by tackling Jonas Schmedtmann’s Complete JavaScript Course — a 71-hour immersion into modern JavaScript, blending theory, real-world projects, and industry best practices. After months of late nights, debugging marathons, and way too much coffee, I finally completed it! 🎉

How It Went Down

June 2024:
I spent my holidays glued to my laptop, building everything from simple apps to the Forkify recipe app (yes, I can now code a project that finds dinner ideas 🍝). I got hooked on JavaScript’s quirks — closures, async/await, and all.

September 2024:
When school started, I had to press pause. But instead of stepping back from tech, I:

• Taught myself TypeScript (static typing, with the help of elzero webschool course).
• Dabbled in React (because who doesn’t love components?).
• Joined NASA Space Apps with a team to solve space-themed challenges 🚀.
• Competed solo in Hack Club’s Highseas — an arcade-style coding game where I raced the clock for “doubloons” (virtual coins) and many more hackathons 🎮.
• Fell in love with Git/GitHub (commit messages like “fixed typo, maybe?” count as progress, right?).

Feb–March 2025:
Later, I came back with a vengeance to finish the course’s advanced modules. Prototypes? Module bundling? Bring it on.

What I’ve Learned

• ✅ Coding is messy. Progress isn’t linear — and that’s okay.
• ✅ Git is a lifesaver (until you accidentally git reset-hard).
• ✅ Balancing school and coding taught me to embrace the grind and the breaks.

Shoutouts

• Jonas Schmedtmann — your course is a masterpiece. Forkify changed how I see real-world coding.
• NASA Space Apps & Hack Club — You reminded me why tech is better with creativity (and