Researching more and not Starting It happens with most of the beginners who tend to start their journey. Doing enough research about where to start is nominal, but researching more than what is required can waste a lot of time and confuse the student further. There are plenty of resources available on the internet. They will properly guide you through every aspect of the subject.
Comparing Yourself with Other Everyone has their capabilities. One must know what he or she is capable of learning. Everyone is different. They have their way of learning the same thing. One might understand a topic in a day, and the other might take a day or two. But that does not matter. What matters is, learning must not stop.
Pretending like you know everything The world of coding is never-ending. No one knows everything. You keep on learning all your life. Even the best of the best programmers learn from every day. The rate at which technology is advancing, there is something new every other day. Languages evolve, get updates, the new framework gets published, new languages come to the world.
Not asking for help when required As discussed in the above point, this is a big river of knowledge. You never know when you can get stuck. And if you do, this is not a bad thing. The best of the programmers get stuck in their work. So at any point in time, if you are stuck with your code and do not know how to proceed further, ask for help from someone that you believe can fix it.
Giving up For a beginner, learning to code can be tiresome sometimes. There are so many topics that revolve while learning a language for the first time. Always remember, “Why you started it?” The journey is really interesting if one is determined, persistent, and knows what he/she’s doing. There might be ups and downs throughout the learning process, but giving up in-between must not be an option.
Not Checking the Code Constantly As a matter of fact, Facebook runs on around 62 million lines of code. It would take years to check the code line by line to complete before publishing, which is definitely not a healthy practice. If we talk about thousand lines of code, it will take 3-4 days to debug it. It will pile up problems in your code.
Skipping Important Topics while Learning to Code Coding is a step-by-step process like we discussed in this article. While learning any skill, this is always important to follow this approach, i.e, follow a specific path and not derail from it. Suppose you are learning mathematics, you cannot learn algebra if you do not have the basic numerology skills. It will be difficult to progress in such ways.
Not Practicing Enough Learning is nothing without real practicing every day. Coding is all about practicing. There will be problems in the code, and the best way to learn is by solving these problems. If you write lines of code every day, the methods to solve these problems will become clearer to you. Practicing coding every day will enhance your analytical and problem-solving skills.
Learning from Multiple Resource Yes, this might seem like a good approach, but this is not recommended at all while learning to code. Learning to code from several resources has numerous bad consequences. Learning from multiple resources will confuse the learner. As different resources use different solutions and definitions for a single problem, as a beginner, one might not understand how both solutions are working to produce the same result.
Not Making Coding a Routine As discussed in the above points, coding skills get better with practice. And practicing coding must be a habit. Having a routine is always helpful while one is working to improve a skill. This will enhance memory power, help you stay focused, and make coding a part of your life. Create objectives every week and complete them.