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I already outlined it in the introduction video,

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there are effectively three parts

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that we'll have a look at in this course module.

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The first part I want to have a look at is how you can write code efficiently

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and with that, I don't really or don't necessarily mean that you can write code as quickly as possible

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but I mean that you are able to really get a lot out of the tools you're working with,

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that you know how to write code without too much copy pasting or manual work.

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Now the next block we'll then have a look at is how you can find help because in programming, even if

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you took many courses, even if you've been a developer for many years, you'll always encounter scenarios

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or use cases where you're not sure how to solve something or where you know there was a feature in Javascript,

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some built-in function that allows me to do that but I can't remember that function,

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I don't recall how it worked in detail and that's totally normal.

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When becoming a developer, the goal is not to learn all features and all the commands by heart,

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that will be impossible not only because there are a lot of commands to learn but also because programming

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languages evolve and new features are being added. So don't take this course or any other resource as a

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I have to learn it by heart to resource, rather learn how a language generally works and how you have

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to think about writing code and then also know where to find help and where to dive deeper if you need

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a specific feature or a specific command and that's also something I'll explore with you in this module.

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And the last block is that you need to be able to debug your code, you will encounter errors and therefore

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it is important for you to be able to find and fix these errors.

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So if we talk about writing code efficiently, what exactly does that mean?

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It means that you should work in a productive environment, now

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with that, I'm talking about the environment on your machine, not the environment you're working in.

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Of course that should also be productive but that's something you'll have to figure out, where you work,

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in which office and you might also not be able to control this if you for example are employed.

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So I'm talking about the IDE, the editor and about configuring it such that you like working with it.

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That also includes that you use the editor or the IDE to its fullest potential, that you're able to

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auto format your code so that you don't manually have to indent things and so on,

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that you use important shortcuts.

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It also of course means that you take advantage of the auto completion,

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the hints many editors and IDEs give you, Visual Studio Code

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the IDE I recommend for this course certainly does so.

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And of course it also means that you keep your eyes open for editor extensions and for the settings you

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can tweak there to really adjust everything in the way you like to have it.

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So let's have a look at that and let's explore some of the things I would recommend that you look into

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and that you get started with.