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Is programming about remembering code?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago
    Favourite answer

    No . It is about learning the language. And learning how to use the language to solve problems. Not to use other people's code without knowing what it does 

  • 4 weeks ago

    No, programming is not about remembering code.

  • Lv 7
    1 month ago

    no. it's more about remembering what code tags DO, and testing how it works, remembering common pitfalls to avoid, and then being creative.

    it is also about being patient, and willing to troubleshoot when problems arise (and they will). and you also need to be ready to troubleshoot OTHER peoples' code. in fact, you can learn best what NOT to do when coding by reading through OTHER PEOPLES' code. go to any random website or page, and right-click an empty spot. then click "view page source". see how it is laid out, and see if you can tell by reading it what the code does...

    indentation goes a long way to making code readable, and costs you little more than a few seconds...

  • garry
    Lv 6
    1 month ago

    you do have to remember codes , but programing is like any other language like swedish , it has different rules and have to learn what they mean .

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    Sure is. You need to remember the Code that all programmers live by otherwise you are nothing more than a lowly hacker. When I was a lad you had to remember everything but nowadays programmers just spend time Googling at StackOverflow, MSDN, etc

  • BigE
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    I very seldom remember how to do the exact syntax of any language.  I do have a home directory with a crap load of examples, I just copy from that, or past projects.

    One can always break down a project/program into little bits or test programs.  The WHAT is the hard part not the the HOW.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    It's more important you actually understand what the code is doing than actually remembering all of it.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    No.

    It's about creating code

    new code that does a thing

    that

    as far as you know

    is not being done by any existing piece of software.

    (If it were already being done by existing software

    you would just acquire that existing piece of software

    rather than pay someone to re-create it from scratch).

  • 1 month ago

    Remembering code is the job of the filesystem.  The programmer's job is to create code worth remembering.

    A programmer needs to remember stuff in order to build on what's been done before.  That's not the main job, though, any more than a writer's job is to remember sentences or a musician's job is to remember notes.

  • keerok
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    Not at all. It's about making the code work for something you want to achieve.

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