{"id":907,"date":"2025-06-12T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/?p=907"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:39:30","slug":"learning-a-new-skill-wins-and-fails-so-far-coding-by-ammad-asad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/learning-a-new-skill-wins-and-fails-so-far-coding-by-ammad-asad\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning a New Skill: Wins and Fails So Far \u2014 Coding by Ammad Asad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-908 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/07\/coding-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/07\/coding-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/07\/coding-1024x586.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/07\/coding-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/07\/coding.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>This summer, I decided to learn <strong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"273\">coding<\/strong>! It sounded exciting because I love computers and video games, and I wanted to try making my own programs. But coding is not as easy as it looks \u2014 I\u2019ve had some wins and some fails along the way.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"487\">Wins \ud83c\udf89<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"798\">One of my biggest wins was when I wrote my first simple program that made the computer say <strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"599\">\u201cHello, World!\u201d<\/strong> It was so cool to see my code work! Then, I learned how to make a game where you can move a character around the screen. Each time I solved a problem or fixed a bug, I felt proud and more confident.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"817\">Fails \ud83d\ude05<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"1099\">Coding also gave me some fails. Sometimes, my program didn\u2019t work because of a tiny mistake like a missing semicolon or spelling error. Once, my game crashed, and I couldn\u2019t figure out why for a long time! I got frustrated, but I learned that patience is very important in coding.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1127\">What I\u2019ve Learned<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1372\">Coding has taught me to think carefully, be patient, and keep trying even when things don\u2019t work. It feels great to create something using just words and symbols on the screen. I\u2019m excited to keep learning and maybe build bigger projects soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, I decided to learn coding! It sounded exciting because I love computers and video games, and I wanted&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/learning-a-new-skill-wins-and-fails-so-far-coding-by-ammad-asad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learning a New Skill: Wins and Fails So Far \u2014 Coding by Ammad Asad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-young-learner","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/482\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}