August 9: Learn Difficult Concepts with the ADEPT Method

Learning starts with an analogy.

Source: Better Explained
Published: January 2022

Learn Difficult Concepts with the ADEPT Method

Make explanations ADEPT: Use an Analogy, Diagram, Example, Plain-English description, and then a Technical description.

ADEPT: Analogy
Key Idea: What else is it like?
Example: At a restaurant, the menu is the API. The waiter takes your order (the API request). Then the waiter delivers the food when it is ready from the kitchen (the API response).

ADEPT: Diagram
Key Idea: Visualize it.
Example:

ADEPT: Example
Key Idea: Experience it.
Example:
Request: Customers -> Waiter -> Kitchen
Response: Customers <- Waiter <- Kitchen

ADEPT: Plain English
Key Idea: Describe it with everyday words.
Example: An API is a digital intermediary that handles requests and responses.

ADEPT: Technical Definition
Key Idea: Dive deep.
Example: An API allows other developers to use your services without allowing them access to your backend, for example, your database.

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