One blog topic that never seems to get old is what makes a good programmer, or how to be a good programmer, or what you can do to be a better programmer. The same activities are often listed as being the path to successful codesmithing, when really it is just the method by which the true magic happens. With programming, like many things, it isn’t what you do, it’s what you learn from it and the only key ingredient to being a good programmer (besides practice) is exposure to programming. Exposure comes in many forms, whether it is through hands-on practice or looking at someone elses code. Here’s a few of typical examples given and how it exposes us to programming.
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