How to improve your programming skills

Re:How to improve your programming skills by stephen_dryden on Thursday June 30, 2011 @08:43AM (#2713759)

Really good article, I agree with every point.

If I were to add to it I stress the importance of reading books by different authors and publishers, even if they're about the same subject. This helps you get a much wider, well-rounded view and it often improves the learning experience.

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Re:How to improve your programming skills by vibrunazo on Thursday June 30, 2011 @12:31PM (#2714690)

I agree, reading books of different perspectives is great.

I would also like to bring up the importance of reading "good practices" books and articles. Learning not only how to write good code for yourself, but good code for your colleagues to work with is an important skill to have. Writing maintainable code is often not trivial. I recommend reading Effective Java by Joshua Bloch.

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Re:How to improve your programming skills by antoarts on Thursday June 30, 2011 @08:46AM (#2713770)

Thank you :). I agree it is always good to see a thing from as many angles as possible. Additionally, some author might have left something out which another one did not.

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