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I'm a beginner in programming, and I found out I cannot even reproduce a simple number guessing program I have earlier copied from a book.

Is it a beginner issue, or there is more than just continuing to learn to be able to code without hints?

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Huh that is a better answer and explaination to why i learn best when i just throw myself into a project and learn from doing. That is how i learned Lua because i wanted to revive and expand and make my own spin on another mod for a game