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| Apr 12, 2011 at 21:22 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | @Mpumi: That's a good place to start. But make sure that you only look at the teacher's program when you're really, honestly stuck. And when you do look at someone else's work, (the teacher's or anyone else's,) make sure that you understand what you're reading and why it works. This is something I cannot stress enough. When you write code without understanding why it works, you will have no idea what's going on when something goes wrong, and you'll have a very difficult time fixing it. | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 20:49 | comment | added | Mpumi | Programming requires problem-solving skills, which it's hard to learn. so hard do I learn that?. I known everyones saying practice but what must I practice if I don't known what to do. Must I redo the problems the teacher has given me and when I get stuck look at his program | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 1:38 | comment | added | Jeff Welling | I think to be a good programmer, as well as what is mentioned in this answer, you have to have a passion for what your doing. Passion will keep you coming back to tackle the bugs time and again after all those inevitable times when you can't figure it out. I think one of the best ways to get good is to find a nice small project and start contributing to it as best you can. You will improve over time. | |
| Apr 11, 2011 at 21:34 | history | edited | Mason Wheeler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 20:18 | history | answered | Mason Wheeler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |