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thorn dove Jun 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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Hi there hope you are well im busy studying Full Stack Development and would like to take my programming to the next level but it feels like i havent learned anything at all.
I now the basics and if i see a video on youtube i now what goes where but if i have to attempt it myself i hit a blank. I now i have to start doing this on my own but it still feel as if i now absolutly nothing I start with the basics everytime and then when I get to practise i have a huge question mark over my head.

Like the excercises on exercism and codewars i dont have a idea what to do.
What variables must i use are they specific to the tests bieng done how will i figure this out from the tests?

Cause locally i get it right. Like where do I start with the functions its just hecticly confusing can anyone just point me in the right direction please.
I dont wanna do youtube anymore cause looks like it gives u a false sense of programming

white leaf Jun 17, 2023, 6:45 AM

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I think it depends on your programming background. The way I see it, Exercism's main strength is to teach new programming languages if you already know how to program. This is much easier if you already learned one language - then you can use Exercism to learn another.

If you're new to programming, you might want to pick up a language whose track has a syllabus. This makes it much easier to get into, because you get to learn the basics little pieces at a time. Some language tracks are notorious to have great syllabuses, but it also depends on the type of programming language you want to learn.

I'd say you could start small with simple exercises, and if you try to solve them locally, don't hesitate to push an incomplete solution and ask for mentoring. There's no silly questions, really - mentors are here to guide you.

thorn dove Jun 17, 2023, 6:49 AM

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How does the mentoring portion work i have premium so thats not a issue.
The place here in South Africa im studying at doesnt give alot of help they give u limited amount of material and then they leave u to your own devices

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Does the person show u how the language works or to they help u with a excercise?

white leaf Jun 17, 2023, 6:59 AM

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If you submit a solution to your exercise using the Exercism CLI, you can ask for a code review. Go the exercise page, and in the Overview, you should see a box mentioning code reviews with a button labeled Submit for Code Review. (see attached image)

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This sends your code review request to a queue that mentors can use to open a discussion with you about the exercise.

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As mentioned, it's perfectly OK to submit an incomplete solution and ask for help.

thorn dove Jun 17, 2023, 7:01 AM

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o ok cool didnt now u can send incomplete solution that great to now

white leaf Jun 17, 2023, 7:02 AM

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You can only send incomplete solutions if you work locally - not when you use the online editor. (I think)

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