Bennett Nelson wrote:Oh! That makes a lot of sense. It's pretty much a way to simplify things in an organized way. I can see how this makes the actual coding process easier.
The only other thing I'd add to the excellent advice already given - and it's probably the hardest part about pseudo-code for "noobs" - is to concentrate on
WhatNotHow (←click).
Maneesh's tongue-in-cheek "code" is actually a great example of this. His first line is:
Notice a girl
and it's simply one of the things that has to be done. There's no attempt to explain HOW he's going to do it because you can usually fill in that detail at coding time. And if you can't, get another sheet of paper and break
that down.
In my case the first step would be:
Put on glasses
HIH
Winston