Saturday, June 7, 2008

is to learn how to take advantage of resources available to you.

 

A lot of people out of college seemed really focused on specific languages. There are concepts in programming that apply to nearly every language, and some that apply to every language. So don't be too worried about which language you should learn. Spend time getting to know the broader concepts. In particular different approaches to coding, the most important (in my view) being top-down methodology. If you do top-down properly, you can write anything in any language.

 

Learn design patterns common to different languages (though many are shared). You can always look up specific pieces of code you need as you go. Focus on the big picture

 



 

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