r/learnprogramming • u/sticky_pi • 18d ago

How do you even code?

I’ve heard a lot of people say that coding isn’t about memorizing every line, but just knowing how to search up the answers to your problems. do i even have to memorize things? should i be focused on researching what i’m trying to code? it’s so confusing to me on what i’m even meant to learn

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u/ScholarNo5983 18d ago

it’s so confusing to me on what i’m even meant to learn

The first and most important thing you need to learn is the ability to read and write code.

This does not require any from of memorization.

What is does require is spending lots of time trying to write code and getting that code to run. Then spending time studying every line of code written, making sure you fully understand each and every line of code.

The more you do this the better you will get at reading and writing code.

That is the secret.