• a vast field where no one knows everything

• about cultivating the ability to figure things out using your resources

  1. Online documentation - Google it

  2. Classmates - Ask a peer

  3. Teacher - Discuss with an educator:

     • What do you want to do?

     • What have you tried?

     • What happened?

  4. Become independent problem-solvers

• requires trial and error and mistake-making

  1. Develop a strategy

  2. Implement it

  3. Observe the results

  4. Refine strategy/Test/Observe/Repeat

  5. Errors are a part of programming (and life)

  6. Learn from errors: Take notes on the lessons experienced

  7. You get better through experience and mistake-making IFF you reflect on your errors and their effects

Strategy

1. Teacher demonstrates how to perform a task

2. Explain vocabulary and concepts along the way

3. Student performs task and observes effects

4. Student applies new skills and concepts to original project/design

Sign of a newbie => copying and using code as is without understanding it.

While that code might correctly solve the problem, you should not use code that you do not fully understand.

Use your resources to obtain and ensure understanding.