Programming is using conventions. Lots and lots of it. Conventions for syntax, names, logic, API, structure, vocabulary and so on. Conventions are by nature a

Programming is using conventions. Lots and lots of it. Conventions for syntax, names, logic, API, structure, vocabulary and so on. Conventions are by nature arbitrary, influenced by culture, history, social behavior and a whole lot of human weirdness. Don't try to learn all the conventions first, it comes faster with practice and exposure to it. Solve the problem, then find the conventions you need to apply the solution in your context. The beginners paradox is that they need to learn a bit of specific conventions (E.G: part of a language, one paradigm and a few libs) to start working on solving a problem, so it's a frustrating experience. There is no easy way to build the rest of the conventions based on your knowledge of what you know now, because it's artificial. It's also what leads people to say "don't learn languages, learn to program". Which makes no sense to you at all, until, well, you finally know how to program. But you got there by learning conventions on the way.