3D Game Programming for Kids, 2nd Edition

Getting Help

Every programmer needs help. If you’ve never programmed in your life, you will need help. If you’ve been programming for 50 years, you’ll still need help.

The two rules for asking for help:

1. Try to figure it out yourself at first.
2. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Knowing a programming language really well is not the most important skill a programmer can have. The most important skill is problem-solving. Knowing everything about a computer language does not mean that you’ll create 100-percent problem-free code. It helps, but problems still happen. A lot. So try to figure out problems on your own. Even if you can’t solve a problem, you’re still improving your problem-solving skills.

Speaking of problem-solving skills, ...