Comment Comment by askRich First I'd like to thank you for your work. I've learned a lot from you and your teachings.When it comes to "foo bar" examples, as a learner, I think it causes MORE cognitive load not less.I think this is because, it's hard to make connections between meaningless words like foo, bar and bazConversely, most of the "aha" moments come from your ELI5-like explanations of conceptsThe concept of a "promise" made sense to me when you used buying a hamburger at a fast food store in your workshop on asynchronous javascript. parent askRich 10 years ago
When it comes to "foo bar" examples, as a learner, I think it causes MORE cognitive load not less.
I think this is because, it's hard to make connections between meaningless words like foo, bar and baz
Conversely, most of the "aha" moments come from your ELI5-like explanations of concepts
The concept of a "promise" made sense to me when you used buying a hamburger at a fast food store in your workshop on asynchronous javascript.