Open letter to all developers with blogs

Re:Open letter to all developers with blogs by duxup on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:28PM (#21207648)

Also n00bs like me... just don't offer code specific instruction about coding on your blog. Personal experiences, learning advice have at it, but if you really haven't done much coding.... please don't offer advice about it.

I hate to be so negative but the internet is awash with bad coding advice (and the same code copied from vid to blog and back again) that seems like resume fodder more than helpful.

The worst thing about learning is reading a post long enough to realize the other person is a noob too and their code is a malformed mess that the blog author doesn't really understand.

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Re:Open letter to all developers with blogs by amerkhalid on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:40PM (#21218407)

I have to disagree, I have learned from a lot of n00bs. I copied broken code and it didn't work, but it provided enough hints that I was able to make it work. I also posted back fixed code as comments on authors' blogs, and many would update their post with my code.

Same thing has happened on my blog, I have some super old Pentaho configuration posts, and every once in a while I get an email from someone saying my code is not right but they were able to make it work with some changes. Hence, I leave it up there.

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