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>> I wonder if sometimes all those books actually help you develop an efficient coding practice or are they just some sort of distraction towards your creativit
by FatalBaboon 13y ago
>> I wonder if sometimes all those books actually help you develop an efficient coding practice or are they just some sort of distraction towards your creativity.
That. I'd even go a bit further and say they actually hinder your creativity: can you even think of heroic fantasy without falling back into Tolkien's imagination?
- brazzy 13y agoIf you think creativity is hindered by rules and best practices, you're a beginner and likely will produce chaotic and derivative crap. You have to know and understand the rules before you can break them in a meaningful way.
- FatalBaboon 13y agoThere's a balance to maintain, if you don't think outside the rules and best practices every once in a while then you limit your creativity to content.
- runawaybottle 13y agoIt's been argued by a famous artist (Chuck Close), that these kinds of limitations actually allow people to be more creative. When you narrow down your available techniques/tools, you eliminate paralysis of choice, and are forced to be creative with your small toolset. Think "Javascript the good parts". http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11264 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11264