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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Coding contest • International Collegiate Programming contest • topcoder

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

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

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

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

How to be a good Programmer

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