Developer Journey
This page was just another learning adventure,
but I want to take this opportunity to help others.
Specifically, those who may at times feel overwhelmed.
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"There's just too much to learn!"
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Do not fear! This proves that you will be a good programmer! You may have heard that the difference between a good developer and a poor one is: the ability to search for a solution efficiently.
In other words,
knowing how to efficiently use Google
could be the deciding factor in being a good developer(dev).
“Start small, but think BIG.”
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My portfolio pages are a good example of applying this principle.
At the current time of writing this, I am using google docs as my blogging solution.
Instead of creating a wordpress site like most others, I solved the problem distilling it to its basic part:
“I want to write and allow others to comment on my writing”.
Now this problem can easily be solved by my current solution.
“Help! Stuck in Tutorial Hell!”
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Tutorial hell can be defined simply as: “continually watching others break down complex problems
without attempting them yourself”.
If you never start on a blank sheet, you are handicapping yourself as a developer.
Of course, in a production setting, having boilerplate code is the standard. After all you do not want to keep reinventing the wheel.
“Why do most modern websites look similar?”
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This is something I am currently grappling with.
On the one hand, templates and simplicity of design lend themselves to more efficiency.
On the other, I miss the days of Flash that made almost every page unique.
“Help, I’m just stuck.”
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This is a commonality that all devs share. We ALL get stuck, and the good devs are quick to get unstuck, but how?
There are a plethora of resources available on Google;
finding the correct resource is paramount for programmers.