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Is programming about remembering code?
10 Answers
- ?Lv 74 weeks agoFavourite answer
No . It is about learning the language. And learning how to use the language to solve problems. Not to use other people's code without knowing what it does
- ?Lv 74 weeks ago
no. it's more about remembering what code tags DO, and testing how it works, remembering common pitfalls to avoid, and then being creative.
it is also about being patient, and willing to troubleshoot when problems arise (and they will). and you also need to be ready to troubleshoot OTHER peoples' code. in fact, you can learn best what NOT to do when coding by reading through OTHER PEOPLES' code. go to any random website or page, and right-click an empty spot. then click "view page source". see how it is laid out, and see if you can tell by reading it what the code does...
indentation goes a long way to making code readable, and costs you little more than a few seconds...
- garryLv 64 weeks ago
you do have to remember codes , but programing is like any other language like swedish , it has different rules and have to learn what they mean .
- Anonymous4 weeks ago
Sure is. You need to remember the Code that all programmers live by otherwise you are nothing more than a lowly hacker. When I was a lad you had to remember everything but nowadays programmers just spend time Googling at StackOverflow, MSDN, etc
- ?Lv 74 weeks ago
I very seldom remember how to do the exact syntax of any language. I do have a home directory with a crap load of examples, I just copy from that, or past projects.
One can always break down a project/program into little bits or test programs. The WHAT is the hard part not the the HOW.
- Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's more important you actually understand what the code is doing than actually remembering all of it.
- UserLv 74 weeks ago
No.
It's about creating code
new code that does a thing
that
as far as you know
is not being done by any existing piece of software.
(If it were already being done by existing software
you would just acquire that existing piece of software
rather than pay someone to re-create it from scratch).
- husoskiLv 74 weeks ago
Remembering code is the job of the filesystem. The programmer's job is to create code worth remembering.
A programmer needs to remember stuff in order to build on what's been done before. That's not the main job, though, any more than a writer's job is to remember sentences or a musician's job is to remember notes.