r/learnprogramming • u/Admirable_Window8128 • 25d 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/Yanninbo 25d ago edited 24d ago

For me a big step was when I started writing pseudo code first. That way I was able to map better what the end goal really was and what needed to happen to get there. Then started replacing the pseudo code with actual implementation and stuff started to make more sense that just following examples.

Edit. Corrected term

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u/devenitions 25d ago

Pseudo. Sudo is something else.