Best way to get better

Question

What is the best way to learn coding? Is there anything that really helped you overcome a plateau. Thanks!

Answer 1

In my experience, I usually start by following some guides or tutorials. Eventually I get bored of the tutorials and I start making things by myself. I only use the tutorials and guides to get to know how things work and how to get started, and from there it's just google and stackoverflow. There are also sites with great projects for beginners, like this one: https://www.practicepython.org/

Another thing I tend to do is to not be afraid to fail and get stuck. Everyone will get there at some point, and it's REALLY frustrating. But if you manage to keep going, you will eventually solve your problem, and learn a lot in the process!

My conclusion is that in order to get better, you have to challenge yourself, but at the same time you also have to take it at your own pace in order to not get demotivated and burnt-out. I highly recommend that you start making things that you come up with by yourself; that way you learn both how to google problems, and you learn a lot by only doing that. It's not the finished product that's important, but it's the knowledge and what you learn during the process that's important!

Answer 2

Actually write code.

Answer 3

I work on something that is a bit over my head and when I get stuck I figure out what I need to learn to keep going. I experience the most growth when I need to do something that I currently cannot.

Answer 4

Nt Philan sis Learn to enjoy code and have patience.

Answer 5

I do a few challenges every year. My 2019 challenge was making my own personal voice assistant which is called "Mycroft" in c#. It was both fun and Challenging. I learned a lot from that! You can pick challenges and start working on them!

Answer 6

Practice as you progress

Answer 7

Study and practice... Try to create something new and different in any language you learn. It will help you get better

Answer 8

Thank you so much!

Answer 9

There is also a lot of advice out there on the internet. YouTube is a great source of first-hand information. I also have heard appcoda.com is really good for Swift but is a bit pricey

Answer 10

Practice makes you perfect,
Understanding syntaxes is very important.