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Shashwat Pritish
Shashwat Pritish

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3 Mistakes Most Beginner Developers Make

Everyone talks about frameworks, tools, and tutorials.

But most beginner developers don’t struggle because of a lack of knowledge.

They struggle because of how they think while building.

Here are three mistakes almost every beginner makes — often without realizing it.


1. Trying to be “advanced” too early

Beginners often chase:

  • complex architectures
  • premature abstractions
  • “industry-level” patterns

Before they’ve built enough simple things.

The result isn’t better code.

It’s slower progress and more confusion.

Simple code that works beats clever code you can’t explain.


2. Treating tutorials as understanding

Finishing a tutorial feels productive.

But copying code isn’t the same as understanding it.

If you can’t:

  • rebuild it without looking
  • explain why something exists
  • break it and fix it

You haven’t really learned it yet.

Tutorials should be a starting point — not the finish line.


3. Ignoring fundamentals while chasing tools

Frameworks change.

Libraries evolve.

Trends fade.

But fundamentals don’t.

Beginners often skip:

  • core JavaScript concepts
  • basic CSS layout understanding
  • how data flows in an app

And rely too much on tools to “handle it”.

Tools help.

Fundamentals carry you.


Final thought

Most beginner mistakes aren’t about writing bad code.

They’re about learning in the wrong order.

Slow down.

Build smaller.

Understand deeper.

That’s how real progress happens.

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