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kamilliano

Sorry to hear that, it is always hard at whatever stage of life you are.

I started with Javascript and took me ages to get it around my head. Then I started to learn C and I was so much happier, then Python.

I would tinker with some javascript to make your pages more dynamic and interactive but I would not go too crazy over it. I mostly did jQuery to tag various HTML parts and having that layer on top of Javascript made my life much easier.

Coding is not easy, but what is more difficult is problem-solving and understanding the problem that you are trying to solve.

I am more visual person so sometimes I just try to draw the problem first and try to determine what elements need to talk to each other and how. Whether there are functions in your code, of parts of a large system the principles are very similar.

If you find it hard, remember you are either learning a vast amount of stuff or don't fully understand the principles yet. On the other hand, if it was dead easy for you, you would get bored and you would get depressed as well.

Remember to give yourself some rest as well so your 'head' cpu is not at 100% all the time. Otherwise, you gonna keep feeling like crap and the whole experience is going to leave a negative sentiment with you.

Good luck.

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Opeyemi Stephen

I find your comment very comforting and insightful as well.

Getting to understand the principles...got it!