Using a breadboard is really the simpliest and easiest way to prototype any electronics project. There's columns on the outside which are connected vertically, and rows on the inside which are connected up horizontally. I put together a really simple electronic circuit, just to show you how this works. So if you follow this column, if I hooked up power at the back, it would go through this resistor; the screen jumper is connecting that to the positive leg of the LED, and then this yellow jumper goes over, and connects over to where my ground would be. You can see that it's really easy to have components placed, and understand how they are being connected up, and if you have something with more than 2 legs, like say, this transistor, you can just put it perpendicular against the rows; and now, each of those rows gives you several access point to hook this up in different ways, and see what works best. By using the breadboard, you avoid a lot of soldering, and desoldering, and resoldering, every time you wanna make a change, or add a component. And it would mean that when you're ready to solder, you'll get it right the first time.