Writing Code Without Planning
Writing quality programs is a process with a flow:
Think. Research. Plan. Write. Validate. Modify.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a beginner programmer is to start writing code right away without much thinking and researching. While this might work for a small stand-alone application, it has a big, negative effect on larger applications.
Just like you need to think before saying anything you might regret, you need to think before you code anything you might regret. Coding is also a way to communicate your thoughts.
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