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How to Debug Like a Pro: Strategies for Beginners
When you’ve been coding for some time, you’ll eventually run into problems in your code or bugs in your program. Even the most experienced programmers encounter bugs. Bugs are annoying because you don’t understand why they’re happening, which can be frustrating. This is probably the most frustrating part of coding. However, when you debug your…
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Beginner’s Guide: Setting Up Your Coding Environment on Mac (VS Code, Git, & GitHub)
So, I got a new MacBook on Black Friday, and I haven’t done any coding on it yet. The development environment isn’t set up, so I was thinking of making a video about how to set up your development environment on a Mac. If you’re new to the channel, I do a lot of coding…
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Understanding Data Types: Why They Matter and How to Use Them
Data types are foundational to programming. They allow computers to understand what kind of data they’re working with, how to store it, and how to process it. For programmers, understanding data types is like understanding how different pieces in chess move. If programming is like a game of chess, then data types are like the…
How To Use Data Types [C Tutorial]
I decided to start a programming series teaching you all the prerequisites needed to build your first app! In my programming guide, I mentioned the following prerequisites: I’ll cover all of these programming in concepts in C, which is a very classic language to learn. This week’s video will be about data types in C.…
How To Display Info and Data in C [C Tutorial]
Displaying info and data or outputting to a console is the most helpful thing you can learn when learning a new language. It gives you feedback on what’s happening in your program. Without this, you will just run your program and not know what is going on. That kinda defeats the purpose of programming haha.…
How To Use if and Else Statements in C [C Tutorial]
If and else statements are one of the most fundamental programming concepts ever. You find them in almost every programming language and tool. It’s so important for logic and algorithms, which is what makes programs useful in the first place. I will also be covering how to do this with int, char, and char arrays…
How To Use While Loops in C [C Tutorial]
While loops are so basic and important in programming. In simple terms, they allow your program to execute certain lines of code however many times you want or need. They do this based on whatever condition you set for it. This can be useful if you want your program to restart when it is finished.…
Code Comments: How to Use Them and Why?
What is a common mistake I see coding beginners make? …not putting any or enough code comments. And it’s understandable because when I first learned how to code, I thought code comments were pointless. Why would you put a comment in your code when you can just figure out what the code is doing just…
How To Use Visual Studio for Beginners
Coding can be a daunting task sometimes. How exactly do you start coding? After learning a little bit about coding, you’ll have to make sure you are following the right code syntax. Then, you have to find a way to build or compile your code so your computer can run it. Then, you have to find…