Advice to a novice programmer
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Advice to a novice programmer
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#2This is great advice, although personally I will continue using vim over vscode. If vscode is a sharp kitchen knife then vim is a katana sword.
Novice programmers should probably not start with vim.
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#3> "I think CS curricula should have a class that focuses specifically on these issues, on the matter of how do you actually write software?"
I agree. And for that reason, I liked these playlists: https://www.youtube.com/@MissingSemester/playlists
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#4This is great advice, although personally I will continue using vim over vscode. If vscode is a sharp kitchen knife then vim is a katana sword. Novice programmers should probably not start with vim.
I did not start regularly using vim until about 6-8 years into my career. The switch came naturally as a result of working more heavily in shell environments. I still do most of my heavy coding in VScode.
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#5This is great advice, although personally I will continue using vim over vscode. If vscode is a sharp kitchen knife then vim is a katana sword. Novice programmers should probably not start with vim.
I did not start regularly using vim until about 6-8 years into my career. The switch came naturally as a result of working more heavily in shell environments. I still do most of my heavy coding in VScode.
we use nano ! because its keybinds are faster for us : 3 and the legend means we can't forget !
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did not start regularly using vim until about 6-8 years into my career. The switch came naturally as a result of working more heavily in shell environments. I still do most of my heavy coding in VScode.
we use nano ! because its keybinds are faster for us : 3 and the legend means we can't forget !
> and the legend means we can't forget
I am not sure what "the legend" is supposed to mean, but at least nano has the keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom so you can't forget those.
Edit: Ahh yes, the other kind of legend. I was expecting some lore from the old days. I'm going to try some more coffee, but I suspect it won't help. Probably unsafe to drink it laughing at myself anyway.
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#7This is great advice, although personally I will continue using vim over vscode. If vscode is a sharp kitchen knife then vim is a katana sword. Novice programmers should probably not start with vim.
Dealing with vim plus learning to code is hard. And the reward comes later on. It makes sense to start with vscode...
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#8I have a whole blog, with 100s of posts, about what I feel should be taught to new devs but is not.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
we use nano ! because its keybinds are faster for us : 3 and the legend means we can't forget !
> and the legend means we can't forget I am not sure what "the legend" is supposed to mean, but at least nano has the keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom so you can't forget those. Edit: Ahh yes, the other kind of legend. I was expecting some lore from the old days. I'm going to try some more coffee, but I suspect it won't help. Probably unsafe to drink it laughing at myself anyway.
> at least nano has the keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom so you can't forget those
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
we use nano ! because its keybinds are faster for us : 3 and the legend means we can't forget !
> and the legend means we can't forget I am not sure what "the legend" is supposed to mean, but at least nano has the keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom so you can't forget those. Edit: Ahh yes, the other kind of legend. I was expecting some lore from the old days. I'm going to try some more coffee, but I suspect it won't help. Probably unsafe to drink it laughing at myself anyway.
That's what a legend is. The term is widely used with maps.