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Best Tips From Successful Coders

Dec 04, 2014

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Coding can be a frustrating experience, but it doesn't need to be! Here are a few tips for you to become the best coder, no matter how much experience you have.
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Page 1: Best Tips From Successful Coders

Best Tips from Successful Coders

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Think Carefully Before You Choose Your First Language

“Programming languages differ, but not a lot. The people who use a programming language differ much more. When you choose a language, you’re choosing a community.” – Sam Kaufman a freelance iOS developer represented by 10x management

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Don’t Rest On Your Laurels — Theory Matters, But Practice Matters More

• “The best way to improve at building software is to build software. Many ambitious, junior-level engineers spend their free time reading about it: the latest tools, development processes, and the like.

James Cropcho, a Ruby on Rails expert and instructor at General Assembly

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Peer Review Is Your Secret Weapon

• “You’re writing code that a machine will interpret and run, but other people will have to read your code, understand it, work with it. You have to be cognizant that your code will have a future audience. Code is a form of written communication, too.” – Tracy Chou, software engineer at Pinterest