I know the proper way of soldering wires and other components on PCBs and breadboards is by first heating up the joint with the soldering iron and then feeding it solder.
However, the breadboards that my Electronics teacher is giving us at school are so small that I can't have the soldering iron and the solder both on the same joint, which makes it more difficult to make a good joint. Instead, would it work if I heated the joint I wanted to solder, and then place solder on that joint and then put the tip of the soldering iron on the solder.
Theoretically, that should make a good joint, although I just wanted some feedback before actually trying this next week at school, in case I make a big mess.
Best Answer
Yes, that is called tinning. But tinning won't make the best connection without adding some solder on top as well.
By breadboard, I assume you mean some type of protoboard, probably smaller than 0.1" spacing? Then your soldering iron tip might be too big, but even 0.05" spacing boards are easy to do with most standard tips. You might just need practice. Heck, people hand solder 1mm pitch with no problem. Also, use flux. It draws the solder towards it. You can also add the solder to the iron.