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Tell HN: The average coding tutorial for beginners don't teach problem solving

2 pointsby ggr2342almost 2 years ago
There are countless number of coding tutorials for beginners on blogs and on youtube. But the problem with most of them is that they describe a particular language syntax and entirely neglect the thing that should be taught to all beginners i.e. problem solving.<p>That is why most coming out of bootcamps or such tutorials don&#x27;t know what to do with the language they learnt. Or when faced with solving a problem they don&#x27;t know how to start.

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dtagamesalmost 2 years ago
Seymour Papert, the inventor of the LOGO language thought that the whole purpose of teaching programming to children was to teach problem solving in a larger sense. You can find his writing about the subject online.
whatscookingalmost 2 years ago
Controversial, but you can’t teach problem solving
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dangitnotagainalmost 2 years ago
Work on bug fixes or add new features.<p>In time the starter example just won’t be enough, and the competent coder will do it their own way.