I like the idea of learning by attempting to improve/debug open source software. But I do think there's a difference between "glue code" and other sorts. Basi

I like the idea of learning by attempting to improve/debug open source software. But I do think there's a difference between "glue code" and other sorts. Basically, it comes down to the amount of time you spend reading documentation versus actually writing code. If you are solving problems on Project Euler, you're not going to read much of any documentation (unless you're unfamiliar with the programming language you're working with)--you'll be solving the problem. On the other hand, if you write a CRUD application in Django, you'll constantly be looking up functions and classes.