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osterr1678yIn terms of doing everything shorter.
1. Write code
2. Analyze what can be done faster (e.g. search for appropriate functions)
3. Rewrite
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devios156268yIf you really want to get good at it, you need to obsess over it. If seeing unoptimal code makes you cringe, you're on the right track. :) -
I've always looked for some magic pill to programming, but the truth is there ain't any. you gotta practice your ass off and build stuff. period
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Reading other people's code also helps. It let's you see different ways of doing things (you're already doing that so you're on the right track), and practice....a lot
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How did you learn to think "like a programmer"?
I am starting to learn C++ and I am trying it out on exercism. I am really at the beggining but when I make it work after so much frustration(based on devrant posts I guess that's part of the job) I always see people having shorter/better/more effective codes which makes sense to me but I wouldn't thought of it that way.
Is there way to make such thinking better or does it simply come with practice ?
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