Remember Rust with Anki
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Remember Rust with Anki
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Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#2It would be helpful if there were a few sample cards added to the blog post.
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#3If you need flashcards to remember syntax, you're probably not writing/reading enough code.
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#4If you need flashcards to remember syntax, you're probably not writing/reading enough code.
It's a fair point. I'd say it's helpful if you for some reason have an extended period away from the language and still want to remember it.
Also, when you're just starting out it's helpful, you've got the information collected in one place and won't need to hunt it down via google.
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#5It would be helpful if there were a few sample cards added to the blog post.
Agreed. Here on my phone in the gym, I'm really curious about the cards. To see them, I'd have to find a computer - last I checked I can't upload a deck from ankimobile.
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#6If you need flashcards to remember syntax, you're probably not writing/reading enough code.
The point of Anki is to enable you to retain memory of things which won't normally happen due to natural exercising of memory. Basically, by incorporating Anki into your life it becomes possible to "lock in" knowledge -- and ofc, this comes with opportunity cost so if you were to load up this rust deck you certainly are making a large commitment to retaining knowledge about rust over the long term.
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#7I did the same thing for Java about a year ago:
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#8If you need flashcards to remember syntax, you're probably not writing/reading enough code.
Probably true if you can't remember how to write if/else or a for loop. But it's very useful for the bits of knowledge that you might not be needing all the time. Don't know how many tweets I've read from developers saying things like "I've been coding for ten years and I still have to Google this one particular thing". Those things are perfect for flash cards.
Example: I am almost never in need of grep. But sometimes I want to know which files in my project contain some string. Never could remember the right flags and order of arguments until I made it a flashcard--now I don't have to Google it anymore on those rare occasions when I need to know. Using flashcards for lots of little things like that really speeds up development; my cognitive switching costs are greatly diminished.
Re: Remember Rust with Anki
#9If you need flashcards to remember syntax, you're probably not writing/reading enough code.
Making the flashcards on your own definitely helps with remembering things.
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#10While Rust is great, one of the things I love with LISP (Clojure) is once you spend 3 min learning the syntax you know it or can guess the syntax in 99% of cases. No need to look up how to do something complicated, just look at the order of arguments.