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Tried using a visual programming tool vs learning Python from scratch for my first project
I spent about 3 weeks messing around with Scratch to build a little quiz game. Then I switched to actually learning Python basics and made the same thing in like 2 days with way more control over the logic. It was a lot harder at first but the tutorial from freeCodeCamp on YouTube really helped me get past the beginner wall. Has anyone else found that the 'easy' tools just make things more confusing in the long run?
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fionaw545d ago
Yeah exactly that, @richardk26, I tried visual tools and ran into the same wall.
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richardk265d ago
The hidden issue nobody really talks about is how visual tools teach you to think in blocks instead of actual logic flow. When i was messing with scratch, i got good at dragging boxes around but had zero clue how to debug when something broke. With python, even just printing stuff to the console forced me to understand what the computer was actually doing step by step. Visual tools give you this false sense of progress because you can make something look cool fast, but the second you need to do something outside their little box you're totally stuck. Real programming languages strip away that crutch and make you face the syntax head on, which sucks at first but pays off way quicker than people admit.
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