Read More Code: The Secret Technique To Becoming A Better Developer
Read more code actively! Download source code, compile & run it, look at unit tests & debug features. Understand how authors implemented a feature & recreate a bare-bones version without looking at the original code.
I originally posted this post on my blog. More than 10 years ago, I started my real coding journey with a Google search: "How to be a better developer." University had taught me a lot of things I didn't need. I had to teach myself the ones I needed. I went down the rabbit hole. That search gave me lots of ideas and inspiration: Write specs Write unit tests Document your code Learn Functional Programming Write self-documenting code Read The Clean Code Start a blog Yeah! Starting a blog. That inspired me to start my own blog. I didn't know I was about to enjoy writing so much. Those...