- Organize the problem with a diagram: invent your own representations. It could be a mathematical structure: graph, network, lattice, matrix, number line, geometrical figure, etc.
- Zoom in, zoom out
- Work on parts, always keeping an eye on the whole. See how changes in part affect the whole.
- Learn Computational Abstractions. “Explanation Based Learning (EBL)” – once you design an abstraction that might prove useful in other problems, generalize and learn it.
- Control Abstractions
- Iteration
- Recursion
- Recursive Backtracking
- Data Structures
- Algorithms
- Control Abstractions
- Once a problem is solved, look back and learn new strategies, tools, techniques. Ask questions. Generalize.
- Learn common mistakes. Avoid them. Develop Test cases that break the code.
- Speed up.
- Typing speed.
- IDE.
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