I am a newbie too. I went through all the tutorial videos a couple of times. I entered the code that was offered up by the speakers and played with it. Once I got past that and wanted more, I found that there are problem sites that present problems or challenges to be solved. SPOJ and HackerRank are ones that I am familiar with. Sometimes I spend days on a problem. The problems introduced me to all kinds of programming and debugging techniques that I normally would not have encountered otherwise. Working on XOR-ing the contiguous subarrays right now. Programming Problems and Competitions :: HackerRank[^] Driving me crazy. Being an feisty old guy with just a desire to learn something new I am under no pressure to learn as fast and as much as I can. I program for fun. Do not want a job or need a job. I just feel a big sense of accomplishment when I get a problem right. It is sad that most of my age group just sit around and watch TV all day in their retirement and don't even know how to turn on a computer. Keep plugging and try the stuff on Hacker Rank or SPOJ. I use Snippet Manager to collect bits and pieces of code that I constantly refer back to. It seems pretty primitive but I cannot find anything better.