Improve Logic in Programming

How to Improve Logic in Programming

In this blog, I will share with you the five most effective ways to improve your programming logic. But, before going to the next I will share with you some most important points about building programming logic.

You will not be a good programmer without programming logic, without logic it is very hard to write quality code.
Building programming logic is not an overnight process it requires a long time, it may be several months or years and this time varies from person to person according to his learning speed and adaptation ability.
While building programming logic skills you need to show persistence over a longer period of time, If you do not show persistence then it is very hard to build programming logic skills.

1. Solve new problems every day

Yes, it is very important to solve new problems every single day. For example, you are solving the problem to find a prime number from the set of numeric values, once you solve the problem then try to understand the exact logic behind the prime number problem and next time try to solve the same problem without any help. The second time when you try to solve the problem at that time you need to think differently and ask yourself a question, Is this any other logic that will apply to solve this same problem?

The advice is once you solve a specific problem then do not repeat it more than three to four times, three to four times is ok but then move to the next problem and face new challenges.

2. Divide the problem into smaller chunks

When you take a problem firstly try to understand the complete problem and find out exactly what needs to be done. Think about the problem carefully and write down on paper what steps you need to take to solve a specific problem. Think about all the case scenarios, steps and according to that write down the input or variables that help to solve the problem.

For example to find a prime number from the set of numeric values, where you break down this problem into smaller chunks.

The first point you need to write takes a random input value.
Need to check if the given input value is numeric or not.
If it is numeric then apply logic to find if the given input value is prime or not.
If the input value is prime then the display text "number is prime" otherwise "number is not prime".

Writing smaller steps will help you to map complex programs into smaller manageable chunks. These smaller chunks can be solved individually and then they can be merged to get the final output or actual solution.

3. Check the other people's code

There is a lot of written code available on the internet. You will get a different small piece of code on the Stackoverflow website and you also get so many written projects on Github, Bitbucket, or other open-source libraries.

In prewritten other developers' code helps to understand how to solve some programming problems. When you look at other people's code and use some piece of code or function from there, adjusting in your own code to get the solution, you eventually need to think over it and use your brain and logic to solve a problem and get the correct solution.

Another benefit of checking other people's code also helps you to find out the easier solution or various methods for the same problem. Other developers' code helps you to understand how to write difficult problem code in proper simplified architecture.

If you are a beginner in programming you will be afraid to watch the very long code of other programmers, the advice does not panic after watching long code and follow the given steps.

Understand project architecture, Most of the project frameworks follow the MVC architecture but, before moving into the project it is very important to understand project architecture. If you do not understand project architecture, then it is very hard to understand the flow of code.
Understand project files folder structure, In this files folder structure check if identical module files are separated in common folders or not. Most of the time you will get identical module files separated in a common folder. If identical module files are not separated in a common folder, then find out their other locations.
Read code module-wise and try to understand the link in between them.
After getting a link in between them try to read specific code in the module. Check out the variables, constants, classes, functions in the module files and understand relations in between them.
After understanding the complete module code then copy-paste that code into your project and try to execute it. Execution of code by yourself is very important, When you execute code it helps to understand code in detail.

4. Make projects

The most important thing that the beginner or experienced person should follow to get better programming logic is to make a project. Working on real-life projects helps a lot to give more exposure and experience to become a better programmer. You can choose any type of project present in the market or your own idea or you can also do small application projects, such as maths calculators, scientific calculators, product matching websites, or a simple tic tac toe game app. And develop that project in a web, android, or ios as per your interest.

When you develop an application you learn how the workflow of building projects goes on. You also learn to solve a big problem by breaking it into smaller steps. You need to think carefully and to solve these smaller chunks in order to build a complete project.

In a building project, you deal with programming syntax, different logic to solve a specific chunk of code, you move your code to different places to fix a specific problem. You also deal with different types of classes, functions, variables, and constants to write the code of modules. In the process of building a project, you go through lots of difficulties and you debug lots of problems that help build logic in programming.

5. Do lots of practice

Mastering any skill requires a lot of practice, programming is not an exception for that. Building programming logic is not an overnight process, it requires lots of patience and practice and it is also important that you need to do program writing practice every single day for a longer period of time.

If you do regular practice, this regular practice helps you to build programming logic-building skills. No matter if you are a beginner or intermediator or elite level, practice is the most important factor.