Introduction about placed components or parts on stripboard

Ic components are placed on the non-copper side, then the stripboard is turned over to  solder the component leads to the copper tracks.
Stripboard layouts are shown from the electronic components side, so the tracks are out of sight  under the board. Layouts are normally shown with the tracks running horizontally across  the diagram.
Placing components on stripboard requires care. The large number of holes means it is  very easy to make a mistake! For most small circuits the best method is to very  carefully place the IC holder(s) in the correct position and solder in place. Then you  can position all the other components relative to the IC holder(s).
Minor position errors left and right will not usually be a problem because the  component will still be connected to the correct tracks. However, up and down position  errors must be avoided because just one hole too high or too low will connect the  component to the wrong track and therefore the wrong part of the circuit.
Some people like to label the holes with letters (up/down) and numbers (across) to give  each hole a 'grid reference' but this still requires careful counting of holes.