Day 5 of 21 Days of Javascript

Michael Tefula

13 Aug 2025

I'm starting to see why some people said this book isn't for beginners. The exercises are hard and it takes wider reading outside of the book and re-reading chapters for ideas to really stick.

For example here's a concept one exercise requires: Linked Lists. I've never used this data structure as a hobbyist and occasional coder. But for professional software engineers, I imagine its beneficial for optimising code and a basic concept.

For me though, I had to rely on outside reading (e.g. this W3Schools article and this video) and ChatGPT's study mode to lock in my understanding.

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