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Reading Code: Strategies and Deliberate Practice for Developers

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Overview

Explore strategies for improving code reading skills in this 42-minute conference talk from Devoxx. Discover the importance of deliberate practice in enhancing code comprehension and learn techniques for navigating unfamiliar codebases. Examine the benefits of participating in code reading clubs and sessions without an IDE, as well as methods for effectively using IDEs to familiarize yourself with new code. Gain insights into what makes code readable and how this knowledge can be applied to write more easily understandable code. Recognize the value of dedicating time and effort to develop code reading abilities, given that developers often spend more time reading code than writing it.

Syllabus

Reading code by Marit van Dijk

Taught by

Devoxx

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