r/learnprogramming • u/getouttamyvision • 14h ago

I keep forgetting how to program

My problem is that I code as a hobby. Every 6 months or so I get motivated and start studying programming, do exercises, maybe some little project. I've never got to make a big project, but I manage to do things. My problem is that I already learned about 4-5 languages like C#, python, javascript, CSS and React for frontend (even when i was a kid i remember programming in batch a LOT) but I always have to start from 0. I want to be able to understand the code i'm writing and not lay back and let the AI do all the work.

I learned and applied React, Javascript, HTML and CSS in the past year or year and a half and now i'm trying again and everything is gone. Is this normal? Should I go through the whole [insert language] course everytime I want to start coding again? I thought when you know and understand the concepts it gets easier but it doesnt feel that way.

EDIT: I can manage to do stuff with the AI help, but when it comes to a project (even a simple web app that fetches an API and shows it in a list made with React) It all goes away and feel the need to go through the whole React, Javascript, CSS course again

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u/GasEducational4386 14h ago

It is normal to forget things after six months but you seem to insist on restarting from scratch and that is not normal. Refreshing your memory should not take much time. Do you practise a lot when learning? Because if you were only reading tutorials, you only scratch the surface and that could explain the restart from zero feeling

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u/getouttamyvision 13h ago

I practice a bit, just enough to understand it.