Great tip. But I generally only use each reference once, so I'm not sure it would have been worth it in my case.
There are lots of libraries that could have made things more convenient. But a big part of this project was to learn as much as I could about coding, and the browser as an environment, so early on I committed to writing everything myself.
I'd be interested in hearing whether or not other people think this is a good strategy for self teaching.
+1 on doing everything yourself the first time for self-teaching. But I'm sure people are on the far end of both sides -- do it all yourself, or use libraries for everything.
There are lots of libraries that could have made things more convenient. But a big part of this project was to learn as much as I could about coding, and the browser as an environment, so early on I committed to writing everything myself.
I'd be interested in hearing whether or not other people think this is a good strategy for self teaching.