Explicitly demonstrate how and where to set up a file for writing code because students often struggle with where to place code.
- When you’ve been programming for a long time, this is a seemingly obvious and trivial task.
- For new students, starting a project is daunting when they have no idea where to put code.
- Take the time to show students where to put new files so they’re code will run and how to make these files.
- This is a good time to tell students that code runs from top to bottom, as this fact is often skipped, leaving students confused.