I always like this blog post about quantity vs quality. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/08/quantity-always-trumps-quality.html http://www.codinghorror.co

I always like this blog post about quantity vs quality. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/08/quantity-always-trumps-quality.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/08/quantity-always-tru... Doing a lot of code over the years on bigger and more widely varied projects, you learn to the value of better coding practices and readability, which is on top of a lot of skill doing many different things. The main thing is your a beginner, don't bog yourself down on stuff you shouldn't do, unless you really have to. Work on getting things working the way you want and revisit them on how to make them better.