“Hello World”
If you are learning to code, “Hello World” is ubiquitous. It is often the first program/code one writes. So, here is my “Hello World!” to Medium.
Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. Cat Stevens, said that the “First Cut is the Deepest”. First times are always memorable; first steps, first love, first heartbreak.
The first steps are usually hard too. Coding is not just something you pick up and run away with. It is a muscle you train. I learnt that the hard way recently.
I was with my mentor and she set a question that was deemed “simple” for me to code. One look at it and I roughly knew what to do. At the same time, I was also unsure of what to do next.
Which syntax? Which command/method? Do I use a “ ( ” or a “ { ”? How do I initiate that “thing”? Just what was that “thing” called again?
All of a sudden I was like a newbie who just learnt to code. Yesterday.
It was embarrassing.
I am in the midst of a project for the course. My group is to create a prototype e-commerce site from the front-end to the back-end.
I thought I had the hang of things. I thought I knew my code, kind of. Of course, I just have to trip up a simple code problem.
I’m glad I did though. Maybe I grew too big for my own boots. I have a lot to do. There is still a…
