I had this happen the other day actually. I tried to pull it from memory and after a bit of trying things out I went back and referenced the video. After reviewing a section I was able to continue working. I can see someone trying to test oneself to remember something without referencing anything. But, this doesn't seem very realistic. In the real world people, including very senior engineers, are looking up references to things all the time to know what to do. For myself I'm not trying to be able to pull tons of information from my head. I'd rather know my resources and how to use them to be successful. This combined with a good understanding of the fundamentals of programming will get the job done if you ask me and that's really what matters.
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I had this happen the other day actually. I tried to pull it from memory and after a bit of trying things out I went back and referenced the video. After reviewing a section I was able to continue working. I can see someone trying to test oneself to remember something without referencing anything. But, this doesn't seem very realistic. In the real world people, including very senior engineers, are looking up references to things all the time to know what to do. For myself I'm not trying to be able to pull tons of information from my head. I'd rather know my resources and how to use them to be successful. This combined with a good understanding of the fundamentals of programming will get the job done if you ask me and that's really what matters.