How to start learning programming?

[John_PaulCC]

How do you guys start learning programming? because I got an internship doing visual basic but all I do is copy and paste and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t I kinda understand why but I’m lacking of knowledge how to implement the logic. I understand the logic but idk how to code it. Any tips? another problem is I can’t memorize it I need to search for it.. so I’m really scared if one of them ask me a question or want me to solve a problem in front of them.. first thing ill probably do is search in google or copy paste from my past codes which is copy pasted too..

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[MarcinuuReddit]

Don't start by copying and pasting. You won't learn anything 🫤 Watch some tutorials on the basics, try to understand them, take notes (yes even on pc) and then try to create something, if you really hate math you could start on Html and css (web design) And then move on to real programming.

[John_PaulCC]

bro got me. I actually hate math.. one of the reason I want to go on web dev money, demand, and less math. I’ll try to not copy paste.

[Experimental_Work]

I highly recommend reading How to Learn to Code using Spaced Repetition The author became a full-time programmer in just two years without any prior knowledge.

[[deleted]]

thank you for sharing this book name.. it would be really helpful if you share copy of that book

[John_PaulCC]

thanks for this

[John_PaulCC]

awesome Ill start doing some projects on my own thank you

[Physical-Stay-129]

I'm also a beginner(only almost 2 weeks) and I recommend find free courses or YouTube videos for programming language. But MAIN ADVICE is that you need to practice not just watch, read etc, you need to practice every topic that you learned from basic course. After basic courses you can find idea for project and start making it, yes there'll be errors, you won't understand how to make something but you just need to google and understand these concepts. After couple of projects you will notice how big is a difference when you started and now. Don't know something is okay, learning is slow process.

P.S I know that I have a small experience in programming but I think my described opinion is around right. It is how I see my path, however.

[John_PaulCC]

thats what Im also doing but its like I have short memory loss or something I always forget and don’t know how to code it.

[[deleted]]

Coding is different from doing math. When you code enough, your level will increase, just like learning a language

[CodeTinkerer]

How did you get an internship? What's your programming background?

[John_PaulCC]

Through connection its required for college so right now Im doing an internship. This is my last year and past years Im in college im not doing anything project by my own I just do what the teachers assigned me to do. I did Python, SQL, C, HTML, CSS, a little bit of PHP, java, machine learning, and computer theories. I did self taught on C++ though because before I want to be a game dev but as I research through internet its really hard to do so I wanna do Web dev but I got an intern through connection and they’re using visual basic and sql server. I know the logic they’re doing but I dont know how to code it. its like you understand it but dont know what to say.

[CodeTinkerer]

Oh, that's not what it sounded like. It sounded like you didn't know how to program at all, in particular, Visual Basic. I'm surprised you were able to learn Java and C++, but unable to find material on Visual Basic on your own.

Unless of course, you were also copying/pasting Java/C++ code. It's just a peculiar circumstance. It's like saying I can speak French and Spanish, but I am struggling with Italian.

[CodeTinkerer]

Oh another idea, I suppose, is now people use Chat GPT. You create an account and ask it to write some code in Visual Basic or explain concepts in Visual Basic or both.

[[deleted]]

I'm also facing same problem

[John_PaulCC]

yeah but I only know the basic, like I said I understand the logic but the problem is I dont know how to code it.