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Maybe I’m missing the nuance here but I don’t understand the arguments against “blindly copying” in the parent post. I agree it is probably not good to give up
by layman51 2y ago
Maybe I’m missing the nuance here but I don’t understand the arguments against “blindly copying” in the parent post. I agree it is probably not good to give up like the sibling post is saying, but at some stages you kind of do need to copy code blindly, no?
You shouldn’t copy if you’re a student. But if someone is a working Salesforce Administrator trying to learn Apex as a first programming language, I imagine a lot of the introductory code you will see around Apex Triggers will make no sense but you’ll have to blindly copy it if you want to follow along.
Some learners will get frustrated with that teaching approach because they’ll be very curious about the syntax. I imagine at that point they’ll just consult other resources to get their questions answered.
- jasonjmcghee 2y agoAnother distinction folks are making in other threads in this post is - in the situation where you are copying code, not using Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v but instead looking at the code and typing it out. The thinking goes, you'll learn much more quickly if you go through the motions of typing it out.