Are there any good techniques or resources available that help

>>58529064
Yes, but it's for women, for obvious reasons

https://www.madewithcode.com/

Good luck

It's just a matter of practice OP, kind of like reading sheet music, or any other notation.

Start slow and read it to yourself like a story: "I'm declaring a function called main, which is where my program starts. It returns an integer", etc etc. Sounds goofy, but over time it will become second nature.

Don't use any "visualization" tools since they're a poor crutch that will prevent you from learning to do that visualization yourself, which you have to be able to do if you want to learn how to program.

>>58529064
>visualising how exactly a program is interacting with the computer
Learn C.

>>58529064
Try solving a problem in the abstract, in such a way that you can formulate the solution in natural language.
Then translate that into the programming language of your choice step by step.
If you get stuck draw a diagram of what you're trying to do.
Programming is the art of decomposing a problem into pieces and solving it step by step.

>>58529064

You must know what the code is actually doing at a base level. That's why knowing C, Assembly, and how a motherboard works. You must know these things very, very well. The code is the easy part.

All good advice, thanks anons