What does 'I want to learn programming' really mean?

About programming education, there are two very important things to know first:

　1. Most people don’t really want to learn code

　2. Learning code does not just require writing code That’s it

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If you don’t understand the above two things, then you are learning code wrong , and you'll never learn to code.

After I pondered this first point over and over, I think it means that if you don’t really want to learn code, then from the moment you step into this field, you will only find it boring and boring.

I call it the coding fallacy. People think they want to learn code because what they really need is to build a product.

If you think about it carefully, this is natural. If you can't do anything with it, then the knowledge of code itself has no value. Therefore, for most people, the biggest motivation for learning code is to be able to use code to build something (the second motivation is to be able to apply for a high-paying position.

This makes me think about the second point, learning code It does not mean that you only need to be able to write code.

In the past, we had to understand almost everything about computers before learning code (so it was called "computer science"). Later, with the development of things, It has evolved to the point where we don’t understand certain aspects of knowledge in depth unless we really need it. For example, as a web application developer, I know almost nothing about system management because I don’t need to use this knowledge at all

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So, when someone says that he wants to learn programming, most teaching staff will teach according to their own teaching process, talking about data types, various structures of a certain programming language, and let students first have some knowledge of computers. An in-depth understanding.

The problem is, this is not what they really want to learn. Their purpose is to build an application. Therefore, we can no longer take it for granted that everything about computers is the same. Should learn.

For example, if someone already knows how to develop the back-end, it only makes sense for them to teach them the knowledge of front-end development. In this way, we reduce the burden on the students and get twice the result with half the effort. There is actually not a lot to learn when writing code, but you should also teach students according to their aptitude. I think the following points are the key points of distinction:

　 1. Web development

2. Non-Web development

If you are developing web, then you need Processing:

　 – HTML – CSS

　 – Routing

– Database

– Server hosting / DNS

– App structure

There’s obviously a lot to learn, but most of it will be irrelevant to non-web developers (Except for the database and app structure).

But the current education methods I see are more like "playing monkeys"

Students: "I want to learn how to write code."

(What they really want is. I want to build a web and mobile app - but don’t know how to express it)

Teacher: “Okay, let’s learn data types first.”

Student: “…”

(2 weeks later)

Teacher: "Now we can design efficient algorithms."

Student: "I just want to make a cool website!"

Who would like such a way to learn code!

As a teacher, It’s important to understand that when people say they want to learn to code, what they really want to do is build a web or make a mobile app

That’s because, to them, that’s what coding means and that’s who they are. What they want to do with code. But the problem is that they don’t know how to express their ideas correctly. So we can’t just read the meaning of the words at the surface. It’s also part of our job as educators

. I remember a pastor saying this a few years ago that we should tell the truth even in difficult situations. Then someone asked: "What if telling the truth will hurt the other person?"

The pastor said categorically: "If someone asks you a question, then tell them what they really want to know, without looking forward or backward."

The same is true for the education industry. We need to find out between the lines of other people’s words their true intentions. If they ask specific questions that are beyond their capabilities, they can introduce others with more experience.

So, it’s up to educators and experts to guide people in the right direction rather than letting them stumble along on their own. If we can do this, then we will be worthy of the title of engineers of the human soul.

As a student: learn what you want to learn

In the learning process, one thing you can do is to dabble more in various aspects of content - so that you know which direction you should go in the future. develop.

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