Most
of the students have dreams to build their own applications or software and
that makes them drive to learn to code. With full enthusiasm, they also start
learning to code picking up some programming language but in most cases,
students get frustrated because of the difficulty they face while making some
programs and it also becomes boring for them. The reason why it happens is a
lack of guidance. They follow some wrong strategy and make mistakes while
learning to program. We are going to discuss some tips
which students should follow to learn programming in a better
way to avoid all those mistakes.
"The Expert in anything was once a Beginner"
1. Apply Your Theoretical Knowledge Practically (Practice, Practice, Practice…)
Most of the students only consume theoretical
concepts and avoid practicing problems. They watch some YouTube
tutorials, they attend some classroom programs and think in a way that they
understood everything so they don’t need to practice for the coding questions.
This is one of the worst mistakes beginners always make in programming.
2. Stick to one task at a time
If you
are trying to learn a new thing, or if you have a project where you need to
figure out how to do several things, it is advisable to pick a particular task
and follow it to the end. In programming, you will have a lot of content in
your mind depending on what you need to do, and it is best if you focus on one
thing and finish it.
3. Don’t Leave a Gap in Your Learning
This is another common mistake most of
the newbie programmers make…irregular learning. They teach themselves to code
for two days and the third day they skip it which breaks the rhythm in
programming. Maintain consistency, make programs every single day and face new
programming challenges in your daily learning.
4. Read The Error Message Carefully
A lot of beginners don’t pay attention to
the errors given on the screen and ask for help from their mentors or senior
programmers immediately. Understand that errors on the screen say a lot about
the issues and you can find the solution from there as well if you read the
error message carefully.
5. It’s okay if you don’t understand
You will make lots of mistakes. Most developers don’t know
things out of their heads, most of them also get stuck, most of them make typos
and the simplest mistakes If you get stuck, try being a bit
stubborn, learn to solve things on your own. If that’s not possible, get the
info needed to become unstuck and proceed. But whatever you do, make sure you
don’t copy paste