Tips on Learning to Code
Explore practical tips to build your coding skills effectively, including understanding computer logic, using a copy-paste-and-tweak method, and practicing regularly. This lesson guides beginners to overcome frustration and gain confidence while learning programming in R through hands-on projects.
Learning to code/program is quite similar to learning a foreign language. It can be frustrating at first, but such frustrations are common, and it’s normal to feel discouraged as we learn. However, just as with learning a foreign language, anybody can learn and improve if we put in the effort and aren’t afraid to make mistakes.
Here are a few useful tips to keep in mind as we learn to program: ...