IDK why our teachers make us write code on paper when we have cool, fancy IDEs with auto correct 🙃 I think they are preparing us for job interview coding rounds from class 12 onwards😂😂

F for those who miss a semi-colon and the teachers gives a round zero😂

Small syntactic issues shouldn't matter at all. What should matter is that the idea is correct.

Paper? This is 2021! We are in the age of no-code software development!

@electrineer I agree, missed semicolon or simple spelling mistakes is one of the things an IDE should help out with so you can concentrate on the logic instead.

I can see the value in this to help avoid complete *reliance* on those tools, but people are always bound to make the odd minor syntax error without them - that's inevitable. Any teacher that harshly punishes you for that isn't worth their salt imho, they're missing the point.

Teachers are STILL doing that? I was assuming it was a thing of the past.

Even if syntax mistakes and incorrect spelling is allowed, it’s still bullshit.

Coding on paper requires you to have the solution in your mind line by line in order. You can not rearrange lines or delete lines on paper.

But that's not how real coding works.
You write code in random order and change it all the time until you arrive at something that works and makes sense.

And then there is "autocomplete". No, it's not for unexperienced noobs.
It’s essential for any lib or framework you are working with. And even own code. It's a fucking tool and not using it would make you a bad coder, not a good one.
There is bo benefit at all for beginners to NOT use it.

Coding on paper has 0 legitimation.