Here's some of what I've found helps make you faster. - Learn the idioms of the programming language and problem domain(s) - Keep your hands on the keyboard a

Here's some of what I've found helps make you faster. - Learn the idioms of the programming language and problem domain(s) - Keep your hands on the keyboard and OFF the mouse - Get the best set of tools you can and learn to use them like an extension of your own body. If you have to stop and think how to use your tools then you lose any momentum you have thinking about the actual problem. (Pro tip: start by learning to touch type, then editor hotkeys.) - Anytime you solve a new problem. Spend time afterward making a more general solution. Then file that solution in a snippets file, utility library, or wherever is the first place you're likely to look for it when you need it