The 5 Most Common Problems New Programmers Face--And How You Can Solve Them

By Alex Allain

When you're just starting out with programming, it's easy to run into problemsthat make you wonder how anyone has ever managed to write a computer program.But the fact is, just about everyone else who's learned to code has had thatexperience and wondered the same thing, when they were starting out. I've helped teach several introductory programming classes, and there are someproblems that trip up nearly every student--everything from getting started todealing with program design.

I'll prepare you to get past these challenges--none of them are insurmountable.



Getting set upLearning to program is hard enough, but it's easy to get tripped up before you even begin. First you need to chose a programming language (I recommend C

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