programming not easy!

[ToruS]

I am studying in university to become a engineer in coumputer engeenering (computer science). I am in my second year now and have 3 years left .

My problem is that I have realised (doh) that I suck in programming. But I have managed to pass all courses as far, but with pending grades. Especially my grades in programming courses suck (only passed them). I have programmed in java, haskell, C and assembler and find it very har to understand the problems. I don't really know why I have so hard to solve programming assignments and excercises. When I and my labpartner try to solve assignments I just sit there as a questionmark all the time. All I can do is to try to understand the code he/she has written (with other words: I am passive).

I don't think it's me who is retarded because I manage to pass other courses with very good grades (like math, physics etc).

Is it that I lack the ability to think more logic or think critically (maybe). I don't know.

So can anybody give me some tips on how to become a better programmer (one way is to program very much, but other tips than that plz).

[ToruS]

no one that has the same problem?
no one with any tips?

[Deathcry]

i used to have a huge programming problem like this. so i bought some books that were basic and just re read a bunch of times. also i used the same function i learned and made like 5 programs with the same code i just learned about. just so i can remember it.

[evan-interactive]

I really suck at programming. I prefer the creative designing end of web design.

[WingedPanther]

It's not a problem I've had, but that I've had to help guide other people around. I think the biggest thing that I've ever done to get a problem solved is think about doing it by hand. This will give you a general overview of how the problem should be solved. Then think about what information you worked with. This will give you a guide to what variables you need for storage. These are things that can be done as rough pseudocode or flowcharts to get you started. If you can't solve the problem without a computer, you will NEVER be able to write a program to solve it.

[Void]

You get better with programming as time goes by and you use it more often. It is hard and overwhelming at first.