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What are the programming mistakes most inexperienced programmers make?
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- not using resources readily available to them (like search bars or search engines)
- not commenting code
- if working on a team, not following the style guide
- giving up too early or, alternately, not knowing when move on
- not clarifying the assignment in advance and not getting help when needed or, alternately, not knowing how to pose questions (this includes phrasing and tone) so they aren't being annoying
- more specific and random items include proper syntax (closing statements properly, whether those are tags, brackets, semicolons, or what have you)
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Saying they don't know how, so they don't try. Just start making things and use Google when stuck.
Also, they worry too much about which language to learn. All use coding logic and they're often similar, so it doesn't matter really where you start. You will learn most of them eventually anyway. Just start already.
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In python, they import all a module example, they want use the random.randint method.
from random import *
Better here:
from random import randint
They also create a lot of IF statement, and don't use switch expression or other logical