Learn to type before you learn to code
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Learn to type before you learn to code
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Re: Learn to type before you learn to code
#2I would like to disagree. While it might be true that being good at typing can help and certainly doesn't hurt I don't think it is a requirement. Also being slow at typing will make you think twice at what you are writing, which is good! Personally I learnt to type properly only finding my first full time job!
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#3Point noted duiker101, I think though typing well is a discipline in itself and enhances dev productivity.
I think there was a post by Steve Yegge a few years back on learning to type http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirties...
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#4I've found typing faster means thinking faster, reading faster, comprehending faster, developing faster, debugging faster and generally getting things done faster.
Re: Learn to type before you learn to code
#5I would like to disagree. While it might be true that being good at typing can help and certainly doesn't hurt I don't think it is a requirement. Also being slow at typing will make you think twice at what you are writing, which is good! Personally I learnt to type properly only finding my first full time job!
it seems like many people who don't like what you said pressed the down-arrow as though it were a disagree button.
I personally agree with this comment, my typing speed is not the limiting factor in my ability to turn out good programs.
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#6I would like to disagree. While it might be true that being good at typing can help and certainly doesn't hurt I don't think it is a requirement. Also being slow at typing will make you think twice at what you are writing, which is good! Personally I learnt to type properly only finding my first full time job!
I used to type extremely fast but over the years I developed nerve damage in my left hand from what docs told me was bad posture and bad keyboards.
5 years ago I switched to a split keyboard and now type half as fast but surprisingly I’m more efficient.
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#7I cheated my way through the typing classes in Computer Lit and couldn't touch type for a long time after I was coding professionally. Eventually I felt a bit ridiculous about it and bought a Das Keyboard Ultimate. I never did exercises or anything, just committed to typing on that keyboard at work. After a couple of weeks I was typing faster than ever without looking. One of the better investments I've made.
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#8Question to any touch typist who codes: how do you cope with all the special characters: (){}[];:'`!@#$% ?
Do they slow you or make you leave the home row?
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#9I disagree. Typing is boring, coding is fun.
Learn to type by learning to code.
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#10Yes my technique improved after i purchased a kinesis advantage split keyboard which forced me to separate hands, Now with gtypist drills I am much better on regular ones as well. Great to know learning to type has worked well for you @joshontheweb & @j45