Day #31: Today I completed 1 month of the #100DaysOfCode challenge.

In this thread I'll share the most important things I learned from it so far.

I hope these tips can help you to get the most out of your 100 days challenge.

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#DEVCommunity #javascript #sideproject

Work In Public

Sharing your progress and what you've done and learned everyday has a lot of benefits:

It can help you build an audience interested in what you're doing

It forces you to be consistent

It creates a detailed log of your work so you can look back and see how much you've evolved

Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Don't choose to work on easy things. Make these 100 days a real challenge by trying things that are difficult for you.

Some days you will be frustrated because you can't solve a programming problem or can't understand a concept you're studying.

Don't give up. That's a good sign. That's when real learning happens!

Just try again on the next day. You will succeed for sure.

Have A Plan

Plan what you want to accomplish during these 100 days.

It can be learning a new language or framework, build a project or something else you're interested in.

A simple plan can help you to focus and keep yourself on track.

Find Other People

Look for other people on twitter that are doing something similar to you.

You can learn a lot from them and also help them.

Just Start

Don't wait for tomorrow. If you want to do this challenge, start it now.

In just a couple of days you will start to gain momentum and produce a lot.

My progress so far:

I've worked a little more than 60h on my side project in the evenings and weekends

Learned more JS

Learned how to write basic compilers and interpreters

Started to code a small JS framework idea that I had on hold for months. This framework will help me to write more projects faster and, hopefully, help other people too

Got a more twitter followers

Found other people doing interesting things in their 100 days challenge

My plan for the next 70 days:

Finish the first version of the framework

Create a nice documentation and tutorials about how to use the framework

Find people that are interested to test it and get feedback and suggestions for future improvements

How is your 100 days of code challenge going?

What did you learn?