The frustration continues...

So I made it through Chapter 10 in my Django/react book. I'm working through the React section now, and like I mentioned in my earlier post I'm disappointed in this book. I've been able to follow the code so far, but now I'm in the part of the book where they cover testing in React, and that is not going well. I had problems in the Django testing portion too, and since I couldn't figure them out I just moved on, which is basically what I'm doing again in the React testing section. At this point the coding is just for practice, since it seems pretty obvious that the finished product, whatever it will be, won't be in working condition whenever I get to that point. I've already started over from Chapter 1 once and I don't want to do it again, so now I'm just going through the motions hoping to finish this book soon and move on to other things. I have my eye on another Python book that has pretty good reviews. But based on what I've learned about React so far, I don't think I'll be implementing it in any of my websites. It's just too complicated, and my relative inexperience with it shows me that I'll be better off just sticking to designing with basic HTML and CSS. Oh well. My truck got serviced and has a clean bill of health like I wanted. It cost around $500, but it was worth it to me. The next step is to get a second key fob made, which will cost around $450 so I'm putting it off for a little while. When the rain stops, I'll be washing and waxing it on my days off so it's nice and shiny. But I can't do that right now because of the atmospheric river that's hit California this week. But so far, so good. I've managed to get a basic understanding of most of the features the truck has ( I still haven't tried out the 4 wheel drive), and I like what I've seen so far. The first payment is due this month, so I'll need to try and do some budgeting soon so I know how much money I'll have left at the end of the month. Plus it's tax season, so I'll need to deal with that soon. Right now I'm waiting on the paperwork from Vanguard, once I have that I'll probably be making an appointment with H&R Block to get my taxes done again.