---
title: "How to Solve Coding Problems with a Simple Four Step Method"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-solve-coding-problems-with-a-simple-four-step-method-vhb8w49xq
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-solve-coding-problems/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
published: 2021-02-04T18:37:20.087Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 39
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How to Solve Coding Problems with a Simple Four Step Method

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 8 min read · 39 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Madison Kanna is the author of the book Coding Your Way to the Top. She's also the co-host of the popular podcast, The Coding Project. Kanna's latest show, Coding My Way to The Top, airs on PBS stations this week.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@esalcido** · 0 upvotes

> Nice post!! It's very tempting to go and code when you task have a short time limit but is very important to first understand the problem and then code your solution.

**@mgaebler** · 0 upvotes

> I would go with it.
> Calm down, write pseudo code, implement, look back.
> Also after many years of programming I do it that way. Not for every issue, but if things get difficult.

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