> i am also of the opinion that the overwhelming majority of tutorials do a horrible job at bridging this gap, and most are geared towards people who already understand the basics of application development. the classic advice of "just work on projects bro" is also not great for a beginner that has no idea where to even begin this is actually why i was shilling "the farmer was replaced" earlier. being a game, it's actually intrinsically rewarding to do and it teaches you a lot of the basics. it's very good for the entry level as it allows people to naturally make that progression from: > i could do everything with a bunch of "if" statements and "while" loops, why would i use anything else? > my code is a total mess and i can't change anything without breaking everything else, why is this happening to me? > half of my code is just the same 5 lines copied and pasted ad absurdum. if only there was a way to not have to do that. etc. i unironically wish i had found this game when i was first learning.
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