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> IMO, any errors on a typing test should fail it. Though this is likely somewhat biased from an older software dev. My IDE will flag my error and offer a corr
by jdietrich 8y ago
> IMO, any errors on a typing test should fail it. Though this is likely somewhat biased from an older software dev.
My IDE will flag my error and offer a correction if I mistype a function or variable name; it'll offer autocompletion options from the first character. It'll warn of syntax errors in real time and provide niceties like syntax highlighting, automatic indentation and automatic bracket closure. Typos do occasionally cause grief even in a modern development environment, but they're a relatively minor issue. I don't think I'd notice the difference if somehow I could reduce my typing error rate by an order of magnitude.
Text-to-speech is horribly cumbersome for code, especially if you're using a language with a profusion of curly braces and semicolons.
- Retric 8y agoLook up tables can sometimes just be a huge array of numbers. 137295.276 vs 137395.276 is the kind of issue I am talking about. But really any kind of error even if the IDE catches it is still a distraction. As to errors and speech recognition I am more talking about text messages or online posts not code.