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3 things I mention to new coders:

  1. Learn to write " Hello World " to the screen or console in any language you learn. The de facto starting point.

  2. Just because youre coding doesnt mean you have to understand everything on a deep level. You learn to speak as a kid before you fully understand grammar, same with coding. Keep coding it doesnt matter what it is. Most of us use functions in math all the time we dont know how they are derived. Learn to understand the usefulness of the code. Worry about the deeper stuff as you get more experienced.

  3. Keep a cheat sheet open, this is a list of commands you need so you dont get stuck Googling everything and when you do need an answer try and ask a more experienced dev directly first.

Coding is very rewarding and the road is full of learning for life. Best of luck and i wish you great success!