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How to be a good Programmer

How to be a good Programmer. By Elvis Lesha. Bad Programmer. Writing code without thinking Poor understanding of the programming language model Lack of Critical Thinking Not being able to write a program from scratch Messy code No comments Random indentation . Good Programmer.

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How to be a good Programmer

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  1. How to be a good Programmer By Elvis Lesha

  2. Bad Programmer • Writing code without thinking • Poor understanding of the programming language model • Lack of Critical Thinking • Not being able to write a program from scratch • Messy code • No comments • Random indentation

  3. Good Programmer

  4. Problem Solving • Analyze the problem • Divide into sub-problems

  5. Algorithms • Have a good understanding of algorithms • Know how to use them

  6. Language • Pick a Language • Ensure you have a good understanding of it • Once you’ve learnt one language you can apply the same concepts to another language

  7. Practicing • Constantly keep programming • Set yourself small tasks • Help others with their code • StackOverflow

  8. Debugging To be good at debugging, you also need to practice. When you have lots of experience, it’s easy to formulate hypothesis about what’s wrong

  9. Quality Code • Simple code • “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” Bill Gates • Understandable code • Well structured (indentation etc..) • Write Documentation (comments)

  10. Coding contest • International Collegiate Programming contest • topcoder

  11. Working on project • Work on small piece of a large project • Start your own project

  12. Apis and libraries • You don’t always have to reinvent the wheel • Read documentation

  13. Things to think about while coding • Testing • Bugs • Don’t leave the testing until the end • Design • Interface • User experience

  14. SUMMARY To be a good programmer: • Think logically • Practice • Help others • Experiment • Practice • Practice

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