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Genuine question. Why would you write a guide for 'noobs', when you don't know the basics yourself? It seems kind of silly.
by new_guy 7y ago
Genuine question. Why would you write a guide for 'noobs', when you don't know the basics yourself? It seems kind of silly.
- Rainymood 7y agoI seem to have deleted part of the title. The article is titled >Regex For Noobs (like me!) - an illustrated guide So I am painfully aware that I'm a noob too, I even call myself one! I wrote this little piece because I felt that regex can be kind of intimidating for a lot of people but that it's actually pretty OK and fun once you get the hang of it. To get people over that initial barrier is what I aim to do with the "guide".
- aogl 7y agoBecause noobs wouldn't know to find problems ;)
- spraak 7y agoIt's a great way to reinforce your own learning, share what you just learned, and get great feedback (many of the comments in this thread)
- pvorb 7y agoPeople who are new to a topic and just learned a new thing often do a better job at explaining things without requiring prior knowledge. Experts in a topic often see things as trivial and write introductions that exclude a fraction of potential readers that lack a skill. I can recommend the articles by Julia Evans[1], which are pretty much like this. She works on a problem that is new to her and describes how she solved it or how she learned something new. [1]: https://jvns.ca/ https://jvns.ca/