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Kat Tow

Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment!

I totally agree that the fundamentals can and should be learned in iterative passes - 'master' was probably poor word choice on my part! I just hate seeing new devs jump straight to React without learning how JavaScript works, or how a .map() function works.

I think you've discovered something I took for granted, which is that learners should always be writing code and building projects (however small!) as they learn. This is such an essential part of my learning framework (and learning theory!) that I took it for granted and didn't actually say so! Staying abstract is a great way to grow bored and frustrated with any subject, but code especially.