ahmedsaniadamu:
you had to know what aspect of programming are you learning.
are you learning programming for Web development or app development then pick the right language to engage in to...
you can not be learning and practicing fucking c programming and tell us that you cannot build a real life applications

Karlebolu:
Can you list 5 solid things you've learnt so far?

austinceasar:

I've learnt about the different ways of declaring variables and datatypes, function arrays and objects (2) if & else if statements/switch statements, (3)loops, (4)ES6, and (5) little bit of Debugging.

I don't know if that is solid enough. But i was learning how to build a simple calcualtor, the HTML and CSS was kinda cool, but entering the JavaScript part, I don't even know the first thing to do to make a calcualtor function, until I watched YouTube tutorials which was still somewhat confusing. I felt I was only cramming the codes, not really understanding the rudiments.

Karlebolu:


They are solid enough.

You are making the wrong thing. If indeed you are you want to be a web developer/designer you need to stop trying to make a calculator.

Web applications are not calculators, think about it.

I want you to go to w3schools.com, they have this 'how to' section, in that section there are so many web components made with CSS, HTML and Javascript. There, you'd see the importance of what you have learnt.

austinceasar:


Alright. Thanks...I will check that out asap.
Guess I haven't been asking the right questions.

So what really will I need to learn after checking out W3schools.com....or I should just do that first and get back to you??

austinceasar:
I am a pharmacy student who is struggling to break into the world of programming...I have downloaded and studied lot of videos on YouTube and i do make use of the free lessons offered by freecodecamp. But all the hours i've put into learning how to code seems to been in vain, as I can't apply most things I've learnt to do something remarkable in real life. I'm sincerely appealing to a programmer who will like to take me under his wings as an apprentice.

I will forever be grateful for the guidance.

bet9ja:


I was once in your shoe, there was a time I felt like programming was not for me. I usually spent most of my night on google and quora with different questions that pops on my mind, Most of those questions have been answered by people on quora and I tend to read more about people's experiences. This really helped me a lot.

That said, here is what works for me, I am still applying the same logic anytime I watch a tutorial or read articles of a dummy project.

1) Don't just code along, try to understand the methodology been used in solving a problem in a particular projects.

Let me break it down further - Assuming you are watching/reading a tutorial on how to build a todo list, these are the scenario that need to happen, (1) Get user input - This is the text the user type on the app through the input box (2) Display the user todo.

Your take home in the above sample project is to learn how you will get user input, display user input.

Based on the above illustration, you should be able to understanding how to get user input and display it in your subsequent project. If the codes in the todo list cannot be used for your next project, based on different framework or technology, you will surely use the same logic.

You need to learn how to understand the logic in solving problem in any tutorial, not just build a Facebook replica by watching a tutorial and believe you are learning fast.


Going forward, Go and build any simple application that performs simple task of CRUD. Create, Read, Update and Delete.

Start your journey from there.

Uncharted56:
Reminds me of how I started Hahaha, well it's not about learning programming languages as a whole but actually applying them into projects you want to build with those languages. Any language you're learning is for mastering the basics incase you want to build something that has not been done before or something that is not too common and with a diffrent logic behind it.

Although programming is not for everyone the only tips I can give you is:

[1] Be patient don't rush programming cos progress can be very slow it takes alot of years to master

[2] take breaks (for as long as up to 3 days if you can)

[3] register in as many coding forums as you can and ask questions

[4] ask questions here on niaraland there are good programmers that might chip in to help

[5] don't build from the scratch all the time it will slow your progress down very well even gurus I know in coding don't build from the scratch

[6] use search engines to try and find different solutions to any issues you're having

[7] if you hate frustration, programming is not for you

austinceasar:
I am a pharmacy student who is struggling to break into the world of programming...I have downloaded and studied lot of videos on YouTube and i do make use of the free lessons offered by freecodecamp. But all the hours i've put into learning how to code seems to been in vain, as I can't apply most things I've learnt to do something remarkable in real life. I'm sincerely appealing to a programmer who will like to take me under his wings as an apprentice.

I will fovever be grateful for the guidance.

austinceasar:

I've learnt about the different ways of declaring variables and datatypes, function arrays and objects (2) if & else if statements/switch statements, (3)loops, (4)ES6, and (5) little bit of Debugging.

I don't know if that is solid enough. But i was learning how to build a simple calcualtor, the HTML and CSS was kinda cool, but entering the JavaScript part, I don't even know the first thing to do to make a calcualtor function, until I watched YouTube tutorials which was still somewhat confusing. I felt I was only cramming the codes, not really understanding the rudiments.

Bigshoe2028:
Tell him the truth like other profession programming is not for you ,

stanliwise:
well there is a little secret I will give you.
Here is it.

Take an open source code of real life project.
For your level take simple real life project
And look into them

You will see what you’re looking for

Bulaveur:

Hey bro. From what I can see you've learnt/learning html Css and JavaScript. But to get a job, I'm afraid you have to pick up a framework be it frontend or backend. There is serious scarcity of junior software developer roles so the few that emerge comes with a lot of requirements. So your current stack may not cut it.

austinceasar:


Can you suggest any real life projects for a beginner??..and also the links where the source codes are properly explained..

Bigshoe2028:
Tell him the truth like other profession programming is not for you ,

stanliwise:

Check on GitHub


No one has the time to do that... it is left for you to figure them out.

Uncharted56:
no problems, also javascript is a little bit difficult and takes a while to master but with consistency you'll break through

Hotspotbro:
Code malware na release it on FG computers and b an hero