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If I had a Dev superpower, that would be: Never need to sleep.

Why? That would enable me to finish all my work in time!

A VR/AR OS, with gesture recognition and virtual tools, to substitute workstations.

Imagine painting a picture in a AR canvas, for example.

Or using photoshop in VR for a distraction free enviroment. For coding, I would want to use a real keyboard, of course, but I would use virtual screens for everything.

The possibilities are endless, but people would probably use it mostly for porn, obviously.

I see what you did there, Microsoft.

Biggest annoyance of my favorite language?

Recruiters calling to offer me Java jobs.

Programmer Gosling taught me the best pickup lines I know.

Blisk, a browser with multiple device testing for developers, went from free to subscription model.. Time blocking features that they offered before, for free.

That's suicide. That's how you lose your install base...
Just deleted it and went back to http://material.io/resizer.

Here's my piece of advice for new devs out there:

1 - Pick one language to learn first and stick with it, untill you grasp some solid fundamentals. (Variables, functions, classes, namespaces, scope, at least)

2 - Pick an IDE, and stick with it for now. Don't worry about tools yet. Comment everything you're coding. The important thing is to comment why you wrote it, and not what it does. Research git and start using version control, even when coding by yourself alone.

3 - Practice, pratice and pratice. If you got stuck, try reading the language docs first and see if you can figure it out yourself. If all else fails, then go to google and stackoverflow. Avoid copying the solution, type it all and try to understand it.

4 - After you feel you need to go to the next level, research best practices first, and start to apply them to your code. Try to make it modular as it grows. Then learn about tools, preprocessors and frameworks.

5 - Always keep studying. Never give up. We all feel that we have no idea of what we are doing sometimes. That's normal. You will understand eventually. ALWAYS KEEP STUDYING.

Fun fact:

The gradual speed increase in the descent pattern of the aliens in space invaders was actually a bug, due to the amount of aliens in the screen.

The more you kill, the faster they get.

.illuminati {
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
}

Boss quoted Yoda today, to my answer to if I would be able to deliver today a freaking huge project I've been working on, 14 days before the rescheduled deadline I was given, just because the client is pissed with them.

Worst part of being a dev?

THERE'S A NEW FREAKIN FRAMEWORK EVERYDAY.

Where are we supposed to get time to learn everything the job applications require? And even worst, have 2 years of experience with the thing?

And how about when developing a responsive dynamic website? If you are crazy, like me, and you are the kind of dev that always wants to deliver something great, customized to the needs of your client, and that doesn't smell bootstrappy, you probably can't stand too when people ask you about time guesstimates. Especially when you are the ONLY DEV in your company.

Also, our gear is EXPENSIVE.

Sorry, I guess I'm stressed... Had to bring some work home, due to the bosses deciding to deliver a project one week early to the client, without consulting me first.

Still, luckily for me, all this bullshit can't take my love of coding away.

Just wondering, fellow devRanters...

Q: What is your favorite programming language, and why?

I'm currently studying Unity, so I'm in love with C#, it helped me understand a lot of concepts like namespaces, encapsulation, constructors, something that I was struggling to grasp with PHP, which I use every single day at work.

The best part of being a dev?

Want something?

It doesn't exist?

Build it yourself!

It feels like a superpower. :D

Made my first game last weekend, in a Hackathon.

Had to build either a Pong clone or a Space Invaders one. Went with the later, and used Phaser. So pumped up! :D

You can check it here: https://cantarim.itch.io/intruders-...

My dad used to code some software in Fortran, Basic and C, so he's proud and happy to be able to show me the work he has done in the past.

My mom thinks I'll be rich someday.

My brother and sister wants me to code some games.

My girlfriends wants me to teach her.

This has been my wallpaper since june, when I had to become a dev at work.

I've been drinking waaayyy too much coffee while hunting those missing semicolons these last months.

We need a code shortcode here for more dev jokes.

[code]
if (int devrantpoints <= 10 && bathroombreak) {
cout << newrant ();
}
[/code]