I had stacks of paper for tracking fixes around the house. It was a jumble and things got missed. So I tried writing a basic program to manage it all. I used HTML to set up a page and JavaScript for adding items. Now I can see what needs doing at a glance. Looking back, coding turned my chaos into order. Beginners should start with real problems like this.
I thought real programmers figured things out on their own, but now I see debuggers as essential tools for learning.
Seeing how code helps the planet makes learning it more engaging.