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Re:Typing Practice for Programmers by dxhdr on Sunday January 29, 2017 @07:22PM (#13517709)
Being able to type quickly and accurately is enjoyable. It lets my brain stay focused on what I'm writing rather than how I'm writing it. No context switches necessary, no mistake every 10th key; typing should be fluid and easy. I highly recommend improving your keyboard skills if you struggle with touch typing.

That said I agree that "Typing Practice for Programmers" on "SpeedCoder.net" is a little silly. Just learn to use a keyboard (and learn to spell, that helps too).

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Re:Typing Practice for Programmers by jacoblambda on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:52PM (#13518500)
Honestly I believe that a programming specific typing practice program such as this one does serve a purpose as even though I can type well in a normal setting, I am much slower with many of the special characters as they just aren't used as much outside of the programming environment.
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Re:Typing Practice for Programmers by manojlds on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:58AM (#13519542)
Actually, this doesn't seem helpful at all. Rarely am I typing the entire program without any autocompletion and intellisense based assists.
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Re:Typing Practice for Programmers by simias on Monday January 30, 2017 @05:06AM (#13519830)
Those generally complete identifiers, not the various symbols like "->" "*" "&" "{" etc... So I think the parent's point is still valid. If anything autocompletion increases the symbol-to-letter typing ratio.
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Re:Typing Practice for Programmers by manojlds on Monday January 30, 2017 @10:04AM (#13521692)
I use snippets, expanders, zen mode etc. Lots of people do too. Typing has never been the issue for programming really.
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