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Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points
Posted by Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points

Having difficulties to build up a logic when I try to solve a programming problem.

I had a little bit of previous experience with other language like C and Java. But I was never good at building up a logic whenever i try to solve a problem on my own.

When I follow a tutorial, I understand the concepts and I feel like i can solve a problem according to the concepts i just learned. But I can't. Right now I'm trying to learn JavaScript. And yet again I'm facing the same problem. I understand the concepts, but can't solve the practice problems properly. It's very frustrating for me.

How can i overcome this situation? What should i do?

2 Answers

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

The 3 P's

  • Practice
  • Practice
  • Practice

Try build small projects on your own using what you're learning. It will be difficult in the beginning, but the more you practice the easier it will get.

Sometimes it's also help to break a problem into small bites.

example

// this is an easy example

// I want the console to print the numbers from 1 - 100

// first I need to make the program count from 1 - 100
// I do this with a for-loop
for (let i = 1; i < 101; i++) {
  // now I need to make the program print the numbers to the console
  // I do this with console.log
  console.log(i);
}

I know this was a very simple example, but I hope you understand what I mean by turning a big problem into smaller bites :-)

Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points
Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points

Thank you. Can you suggest me some free online resources where i can get some practice programming problems with solutions?

Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points
Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan
638 Points

I heard about freecodecamp but I haven't tried yet. I will sure give it a try. Thanks.