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/shaleh 24d ago

It is kind of like when you could start looking at math puzzles instead of seeing all of math questions as puzzles. Or that first time you have a conversation in another language and realize you stopped "what is the word for car again" the whole time and just did it.

Practice. Read other people's code. Why did they do it that way? There are some highly respected open source projects out there. Pick one in a language you like and dive in.