Re:How do you visualize code?
by RobertRoberts on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:35PM
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I found it odd that the drawing were confusing until I added my own personal imaginary time component.
Spacial memory include how I "feel" about something as much as the logic of what it is. When I misplace something I "feel" like I put that object (keys, book, etc...) in some place, despite it not being there.
So, like the idea of "I remember putting my keys here", there is a timeline.
The images of the boxes "main" and "counter" with all the lines was confusing, but if I had drawn them myself, I would have tiny timeline/memory of each line movement from one to another. Just the same as I recall (vaguely sometimes) why I wrote a piece of code or structured my files some way.
So, to change the thought from "what a mess of lines between the boxes" to "these lines really mean something to me", I would either have to have drawn them myself, or have some time component (ie, lines drawn during actual demo of code being run) to represent "how I visualize" the actual logic/code/system.
Spacial memory include how I "feel" about something as much as the logic of what it is. When I misplace something I "feel" like I put that object (keys, book, etc...) in some place, despite it not being there.
So, like the idea of "I remember putting my keys here", there is a timeline.
The images of the boxes "main" and "counter" with all the lines was confusing, but if I had drawn them myself, I would have tiny timeline/memory of each line movement from one to another. Just the same as I recall (vaguely sometimes) why I wrote a piece of code or structured my files some way.
So, to change the thought from "what a mess of lines between the boxes" to "these lines really mean something to me", I would either have to have drawn them myself, or have some time component (ie, lines drawn during actual demo of code being run) to represent "how I visualize" the actual logic/code/system.