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z2lai • Edited

I struggled hard with #5. They say the best way to learn coding is by building something. So I figured, I might as well build something useful while I'm learning instead of another calculator.

Deciding on an idea of what to build takes me a while. And when I start building it, I either realize how useless the idea is or that it's impossible to build as a beginner. Some people just don't have great ideas and that really held me back. Coding is about figuring out how to solve problems, but if you don't know what those problems are in the first place then where do you start?

I think the solution here is to just choose a website like Facebook or Amazon and try to build it. You'll still need to find a course or tutorial that will teach you how to start. Copy another web app or two and maybe you'll start to come up with your own ideas.