Hi Peter and Babar,

Let's go back to Babar's original comment:
". . . how a beginner should develop his/her style right from the beginning."

Take my own example, I began by
1. studying and try to understand each of the instructions.
2. Create small programs and feel the instruction by trial and error method. (sometimes need to shoot in the dark to begin with).
Perfect the code by fine tuning it.
3. Document it. (so you won't repeat the same mistake).
4. modulize it and make it reusable for next project (may need minor modification for different situation).
5. When comes the time for designing a large program, you know how to begin with ... (shoot right at the target this time).
Write the spec, requirement, develop the algorithm, select the program structure, and fire.

Albert