I know how to program but I have difficulty creating my programs. What is wrong?

Question

I know how to program but I have difficulty creating my programs. What is wrong?

Answer 1

I find creating a program difficult when I dont plan it.

If I jump straight into a project with a brute force approach I end up confusing myself and needing to constantly re-write portions of it which ultimately leads to disorganization and messy code.

If I plan and write it out, as in determine exactly what it is my program is going to do and how it is going to do it by generating a skeleton and formulating my algorithms through pseudocode and flowcharts, I have a much easier time keeping things relevant and organized.

Answer 2

Do you lack ideas?

Answer 3

you may be trying stuffs of too much complexity for your current knowledge, try easy challenges. e.g
1 - print ASCII values of some text the user entered
2 - the stuff you learn in math you can write programs for it. e.g

- program to get hypotenuse of a triangle if user enters size a and b.

- program to get volume of a sphere given the radius (V = 3/4*PI*r^3), this is the formula for getting volume of a sphere.

- program to get a certain percentage of an amount

etc.

Answer 4

Depends, what problem are you having?