I'm going to take it one further. All of those are good but I think there are some "easier" and more fundamental things that are massive roadblocks for beginni

I'm going to take it one further. All of those are good but I think there are some "easier" and more fundamental things that are massive roadblocks for beginning programmers. - Understanding the problem itself - Determining how to actually solve that problem - Expressing all the details of the solution you've chosen. - Determining what has gone wrong and why - Knowing when to step back and try another approach