[bradmilne]

Go through less information. A far, far superior developer to me once said 'An efficient way to find the answer your looking for is the most valuable thing a developer can have.'

1. Decide on what to build 2. Break the project down into small chunks (i.e. add dropdown) 3. When you get stuck, stop reading as soon as you find an answer that works and get back to developing

You can always go back and make it better later. Just make sure you're moving forward with your projects.

[lnanek2]

Yes, agreed. OP shouldn't be out trying to learn JavaScript, take classes, etc.. OP should be out trying to learn how to do a specific thing they ran into problems implementing - how to loop through a set of things that each take a callback in NodeJS and run something when done, etc..

The amount of general learning people do nowadays should probably just be classified as procrastination. Easier to read a book or take a class than actually sit down and write something. So there are people who just do that constantly and never actually build anything.