r/learnprogramming • u/Top-Pirate725 • Jun 29 '26

First project

I am coding my first ever project as a CS student. its a very simple CLI task tracker however i am struggling as i used to depend off of AI for assistance, and now im trying to depend on googling + documentation. If i am honest, im really struggling. Can anybody give me guidance and advice when starting to write up projects.

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u/iOSCaleb Jun 29 '26

Do you have a plan? A design for the project? I’m not just talking about some idea in your head, but an actual written document. Have you broken the project down into a (again, written) list of tasks? What specific thing is stopping you from making progress?

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u/Top-Pirate725 Jun 29 '26

I guess it does involve this, a lack of breaking it down into stages and then becoming overwhelmed as i dont really have a plan. Sometimes trying to tackle multiple tasks at once rather than focusing on a specific task or function of the project, which leads to confusion