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A guy at the coffee shop told me something that changed how I learn code
I was working on a Python tutorial at The Daily Grind in Austin, getting stuck on a loop. The guy next to me saw my screen and said, 'Just write the print statement first, then build the loop around it.' He explained that starting with the result you want to see makes the logic click. I tried it right there and it worked perfectly. Has anyone else found a simple trick like that to get past a beginner's block?
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elizabethwhite5mo ago
Yeah, that's a solid tip. But what about when you're not just stuck on the syntax, but you can't even picture what the code should do? I'll open a blank file and just write in plain English what I want to happen, step by step, like a recipe. Then I translate each line into code. It turns a big scary problem into a bunch of small, solvable ones. Why do we always jump straight to typing code before we even know what we're building?
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mark_smith595mo ago
It's like writing the manual before building the machine.
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haydenj904mo ago
A buddy of mine stared at a blank screen for two hours before writing out his plan on paper first.
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