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Ask.Mefi: How do I become a better programmer? ⇒

   5 February 2007, lunch time

I'm always wary of people who suggest you read The Art of Computer Programming or Design Patterns. I don't think either book is going to get you coding better.

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  1. how about “practice”?

    I often spot this telltale while interviewing:

    for (int positionInString = 0; positionInString < strlen(theString); positionInString++)
    Zomg(theString[positionInString]);

    guys, programmers have a name for loop counters. That name is “i”. If you’re going to make up something longer, choose something that isn’t redundant. Dead giveaway that you don’t write code particularly often.

    I noticed Joel on Software mentions this point too.

    by Weiguo on February 5 2007, 7:30 pm   #

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