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Re: A new Programmer

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
learn how to think. Thinking is the most important aspect of coding. Always get in the habit of pseudo coding before touching the keyboard. If you are stuck, just sleep on it. Chances are, if you are tired, you end up doing stupid stuff. Like last night, I was writing a sorting algorithm late at night, but I I ended up with this 200 line class. It was not pretty, but I reduced it down to 40 lines or so.

This captures the entirety of learning how to really code. Well said!
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