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It happens to me as well and i decided to do a few things about it: 1. Not switching languages that often anymore. Fullstack? Yeah i could hack around in JS, P
by sigi45 10y ago
It happens to me as well and i decided to do a few things about it:
1. Not switching languages that often anymore. Fullstack? Yeah i could hack around in JS, PHP and whatever but i'm trying to stay in my field java to become really good in it.
2. Not using code comletion much/often. I write often a class file from scratch just to exercise it. I write Classnames out, i sometimes write my own imports.
3. Repeat it: When i forget how to write a for each loop, i do it once, and delete the code the next second and just write it again, than a third time.
No one cares when i need 30 seconds longer to write that one loop and the next time it sits again or much etter than before.
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoSyntax is not programming. Programmers are usually reasonably good at remembering standard software structures, algos, architectures, and problem solving strategies. But unlike human languages, computer languages have no conventions and they're misleadingly similar-but-different. So it's quite usual to forget Python syntax if you've been using PHP for a while, and vice versa. It's a very common problem. It's not unlike trying to learn French and German but only practicing one for a few months at a time while ignoring the other. Repetition and spaced reinforcement are essential for learning. Learning takes consistent, applied, reliable effort, preferably within a timed strategy. Start/stop practice won't do it. I think Gladwell is an absolutely terrible science writer. He's good at writing books that sell, and good at creating the illusion of psychological insight. But if you want psychological tips that really work, don't go anywhere near his books.
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- jannington 10y ago>But if you want psychological tips that really work, don't go anywhere near his books. Just curious, what would you recommend in terms of psychological tips/books that do work?