Re:Learn to solder first! (Score 1)

Soldering can wait, for a while at least.

The advice to solder is based on the idea that breadboards (the plastic things with hundreds of square holes) can sometimes not connect properly or can introduce noise and signal problems.

For basic and not so basic circuits, breadboarding is fine and the speed that you pull everything out and put it together again more than makes up for the few breadboard based problems you might have.

Speed of play is important. Soldering onto PCB's or vero will slow you right down and make it less fun.

Once you get to fast switching signals (external crystals and microcontrollers) you'll want to steer away from breadboards but they'll serve you well at first.