I am finding that I cannot do most if not all of the challenge questions. I read the questions and I have no clue what the question is asking for most of the time. I find myself constantly starring at the question and looking at the answers on the playground file (answers). For example, chapter 4, question 3 thru 10, I cannot do at all. I have no clue how to do these, but i look at the answers and still can’t figure out what is taken place.
Two others I know have reached this point and have given on on swift and this book. They claim that if this book is swift essentials and we can’t do the tasks, why should they continue and waste more time? They do have a point though - Why would the writers put so much effort on challenging questions when one is suppose to learn and build up the skills rather than break the confidence of one’s learning skills so early? You would think the authors would help someone build up the skills with lots of practice rather than provide such challenging questions and break confidence levels so early.
I don’t want to give up, but the two other people have quit and I’m finding my confidence level is quickly fading myself. Here is my reasoning: I play the guitar - I feel like this book is written as if I chose a hard song to play and had a beginner guitarist play the hardest song without giving them the basics to reach the learning curve so they quit playing the guitar. Are there other books or practice labs to become better at this? Any suggestions at this point? Any suggestions on how I can get the other two back on learning swift and this book? Thanks for your help and input!