5 things that I do when stuck in a programming problem

𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗸: I'm 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 and because of that I'm frustrated. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗱𝗼?

𝗠𝗲: Don't worry Vivek 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺

𝟬) 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴:- The method behind this concept is very simple -- explain the code line by line to someone or to an inanimate object and at some point, you will find a solution to your problem.

𝟭) 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:- Try to search it on google because someone might have already provided the solution for that.

𝟮) 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽:- There is nothing wrong with asking for help.

𝟯) 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺:- Break the problem into smaller blocks and try to accomplish that task.

𝟰) 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺?