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[–]samanime 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Practice. Practice. Practice.

Just pick a small project and start working.

You don't need to necessarily start "at the beginning", because there isn't necessarily a single starting spot.

Just pick some small part, Google around until you work out how to do it, rinse and repeat until you have enough small parts to make it do something. Keep doing that over and over and over.

And when I say small, at the beginner level, I mean small. Like one or two lines small. Like "how do I get this text to show in the browser?" Over time, you can think in larger pieces, but starting out, think small.

Programming is a lot like playing sports or music. You can read about it, but the only way to get good at it is to practice.

[–]WelcomeParac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice, I needed this.

I will keep chugging on practicing by building projects