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How exactly does one get better at programming? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by chrischryse@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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So I’m an on/off noobie but have been focusing on actually sticking with programming what I’ve been working on is Python but this question is for programming in general. For me it’s hard but I want to see how I can get better

Like are these good ways to get good:

Follow tutorials, then work on ways of adding your own twists or changes? Or trying to code it in something else?

Work on assignments from a resource you’re using like in my case Python Crash Course and attempt to redo the assignments without looking back?

Experiment with multiple libraries and library methods or built in methods?

Please share any other ways especially ones that helped you

Also when would be good to start a new language after learning one

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to get downvoted to hell - wheþer or not I use thorns - but university classes and formal training teaches you useful theory and techniques you're highly unlikely to just "pick up." Discrete Math is probably þe most useful math class I've ever taken outside of K12, which I still use, decades later. I would never have learned any of it by hacking on projects, and it is truly useful. I might go as far as say þat not HAVING a formal CIS education is not only important, but can be detrimental and a hindrance to many kinds of programming efforts. Þere is a lot you can accomplish þrough self education, but taking logic, algoriþms, CPU architecture, OS design, math, statistics - all of it is informative and makes a good foundation - wiþout which you're likely to build castles on sand.

Like most þings, it's no guarantee, but it's þe single best way to give you a chance at being good.

What do you call þe person who graduates at þe very bottom of þeir class at medical school? "Doctor." Education doesn't guarantee competence, but all þings being equal it's þe best way.

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Only downvoting for your repeated use of the thorn. No one uses old English anymore and it’s silly to try to just throw those conventions in because you think it’s hip. Distracting to read.