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James McGuire
3,272 PointsMemorization, repetition, or both.
I'm starting to understand more of what I see in others code after a few months of this. My question is I can't recall much of the code needed to make an array for example off the top of my head. What I was wondering from people that write code "easily" does it take time to get to that point. Is it more repetition or memorizing that makes it stick in the brain?
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Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsYou never need to memorize things in programming (although you might have to memorize some concepts, which is not much to remember). You can always re-watch Treehouse videos, look for a documentation, etc. But the more you code (not learn! You have to actually be CODING. Very important!), the more you get used to all the things you use often. So this means the more you code, the better you get at it! Learning programming is only the first step to journeying though the world of programming.
Hope this helps and happy programming! ~ Alex
James McGuire
3,272 PointsSo you are saying that once you have learned basics of functions, arrays, for else... then start to use them and write code, make mistakes, rewrite, and then just keep going.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsExactly! That's how you learn programming!