Recommended reading for all new coders

[nixnerd]

I read this today and it echoes a sentiment I’ve had for a long time:

https://ventrellathing.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/the-case-for-slow-programming/

This is not only a great read but serves as a reality check for the speed-obsessed among us… which I often fall into.

Enjoy!

[shaneisme]

Amen – People often come by my desk and I’m staring off into space and they wonder what I’m doing… I’m coding.

Great quote from the article you linked: “…programming is actually the act of bringing thought, design, language, logic, and mental construction into a form that can be stored in computer memory.”

[nixnerd]

People often come by my desk and I’m staring off into space and they wonder what I’m doing… I’m coding.

This is exactly right. I often code in the shower, while I’m taking a walk, while I’m resting, etc. That’s because thinking is about 90% of the equation.

Another great quote from that article:

“Software programming is not typing.”
-Anonymous Female Programmer (which we need more of… the female part, not the anonymous part.)

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