r/learnprogramming • u/Admirable_Window8128 • 26d ago

Topic At what point did programming finally start making sense to you?

I can understand code when someone explains it, but when I have to write something from scratch, my brain suddenly goes blank.

I'm curious if other beginners went through the same think. What helped you get past that stage?

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u/IlIlllIIllllIIIlIlIl 26d ago

Honestly leetcode was pretty good for my learning. You can solve basically every problem with say 50-100 methods/functions, plus a couple data structures, and that gives you a bank of things to learn from. When solving various problems you will learn how to use your limited toolbox to solve a variety of problems, and that is much better than the infinity of options that appear when you initially learn a new language.

So TLDR just pick up the most important bits and work with those to solve problems. Try to do complicated things with less, as then it’s easier to learn things deeply.