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> It's harder if they can't read the older examples, but I can google for a more modern example as well. It gives nomenclature and examples. Don't do that. Ost
by dotancohen 1y ago
> It's harder if they can't read the older examples, but I can google for a more modern example as well. It gives nomenclature and examples.
Don't do that. Ostensibly you're giving these people the book so that they'll learn to deal with legacy code. Those older examples are exactly what they need to see, even if they're in a language that those devs are not using.
- ebiester 1y agoJunior developers in javascript codebases of 7-10 years old will not have the experience necessary in some cases. I am coaching them as a manager trying to introduce a concept, not a professor. I may be doing a disservice to their long term development at the cost of short term gains. However, I don't think this is true. There are a lot of developers who will never work in a C, C++, C#, or Java codebase. And I try to adhere to Krashen's "comprehensible input" theory as it has a lot of application to learning the language of software development as well. (See https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-the-input-hypothesis.htm https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-the-input-hypothe... )
- dotancohen 1y agoWhy do you have junior developers maintaining codebases older than themselves? ))