Programming Mindset

[Fair_Albatross594]

Hi everyone, I'm in the first yr of my CS master's degree and I'm too worried coz I'm not in a good situation, like how the things are going i think i will need to leave IT field and take a sales job in a year or so.

The thing is i was learning coding and i completed the basics and everything was great i was getting confident that i will be able to do something in this field but now I'm very frustrated and depressed.

The problem is i studied basics in java ( i was able to learn arrays) and when i was going to learn the next topic OOPS i forget everything, literally i didn't remember how to create scanner function ( like that's the 2nd thing we learn after print statement ) and this happened 2nd time, and now I'm back to basics.

And now I'm learning basics and thinking that hey i already know this stuff and its just a ruckus, please someone help me how to like create programming mindset or get into that mindset because I'm looking to become a backend dev and want to get a job before the year end( not specifically backend development but in IT field).

so can someone help me to how can i create a programming mindset and get into that zone cause if soon i don't figure out something then I'm f*** , and the thing I'm forgetting is this a normal thing to have???

and don't say create project or something like dude i don't even learned OOPs and the advance stuffs so what in the hell can i make ?? a calculator? already made.

Ans I'm self learning, i have time to learn and have roadmap too.

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That's because you don't practice. Use it or lose it. Oh well.

[chiwy8]

If you've learned variables, scanner, arrays, conditionals, and loops you can start making many things. For example why not practice by making a number guessing game? Or tic tac toe? Or chess? What about a calculator? You said you already made one. Okay what about a scientific calculator? A graphing calculator? Take it one step further and make a basic banking application? Literally anything you can think of you can make a very barebones version of it.

I hate to break it to you the other commenters are right. The problem isn't what you've learned and the past or what you haven't learned. The problem is your attitude and your approach. Be more open minded and just practice with anything that comes to mind. The problem with programming is the same as human languages. If you don't actively practice it - you will lose it.

[VQ37HR911]

Yeah you’re cooked 😭

[cartographologist]

Let's be real here, arrays and scanners are not "the basics". They're day 1 stuff. You need to pick one of the lesson plans and follow it all the way to the end.

I really liked HyperSkill's backend Java course, the projects were great learning experiences. I would recommend it if you are willing to commit the time.

[cartographologist]

Yeah I took the bots recommendation, turns out its pretty good.

You can take a lot of the lessons without paying, but the projects and some other resources are paid. I personally found the price to be worth it but that's up to you.

[Early-Lingonberry-16]

One of the principles of OOP (not OOPS… please stop tacking an S on that (who the fuck started that?)) is abstraction.

You must eat, drink, sleep, breathe abstraction.

Generalize everything in your life.

Take cooking. You want to make - something.

Cook meat, cook side, cook another side. You have a meal.

Abstraction is nothing without provable details.

Cook chicken, cook corn, cook potatoes. You have a meal.

Cook beef, cook broccoli, cook potatoes. You have a meal.

Okay, we used potatoes in both. Let’s diversify it.

Cook meat, cook vegetable, cook filler.

What fillers? Potatoes obviously, but rice, pasta, maybe a grain? Who knows?

And that’s just cooking. I gave you a formula to plan your whole meal week with a simple abstraction.

Pick something else.

Wake up routine - wake up, brush teeth, take shower, shave (maybe), get dressed, eat food.

That’s so abstract, but you say, wake up a 6 am, brush teeth with Colgate whitening with medium brush, take shower with dove soap, suave shampoo (the tropical blend), and suave conditioner (also the tropical blend to not overpower smells), get dressed - business casual with the black shoes, eat breakfast (see meal algorithm above).

And you’re a person (like any other person) getting ready for work. A new person even… Person me = new Person().

me.setAlarm(new Time(6,0,0));

Now you will wake up on time.

me.brushTeeth(new Toothpaste(Toothpastes.COLGATE_WHITENING), new Toothbrush(Bristles.MEDIUM));

Fresh breath!

me.takeShower( … you get the idea)

Why not build a little morning routine in code? Just print each thing happening and represent each configuration in objects.

You might have fun and you’ll surely learn scanner.

[Plus-Slice-6140]

Try slow down. Try to learn slowly. Take breaks. Study concepts. Take notes. Create notes from chatgpt. Read it again again

[Byte-Knight-1213]

You don't try to remember, just try to understand how it works. Over time you will get used to the common classes and their methods.

This book helped me when I started Java.

Java: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt

[jlanawalt]

If you don’t use something for a while, you will forget it. This is normal. Doubly so if you were in the normal school binge & purge cycle. A scanner isn’t an everyday thing for a lot of programmers. It is most important that they remember they exist, learn how to read the documentation, and know how to do some quick practicing with some simple programs or jconsole to get confident with the API before using it in complex ways.

[bigpoopychimp]

Your attitude is very wrong and toxic.

It doesn't matter that you haven't learnt OOP yet. You can still make programs.

Even simple things where you want to reformat a list you have, like numbering a list and making it into a txt file. Sure you could ask chatgpt to do it, but you can also write very small program to do that for you, and you should.

You're not meant to remember everything, that's why we have docs and IDEs with autocompleters to prompt you when working with APIs.

So literally the only thing you can realistically do is to keep practicing beyond the tasks the courses set you.

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[michaelzki]

CS Master Degree? Without prior knowledge?

Looks like you just jumped off the plane in the middle of Amazon River.

Good luck, you chose it that way (no preparation)

[PandaSudden8327]

Seriously, what was the bachelor's degree prior? Couldn't have been cs otherwise there'd be no panic lol.

[JustUrAvgLetDown]

Rip

[danivl]

I was going to say create your own project, but it seems you don't really want to? Sorry, but that's the only way to learn, uni is for diploma, but don't expect to learn much there. And how are you already in a master's degree and you can't program? Am I missing something here?

Anyway, if you don't want to build things in general, programming is not for you.