I saw Taryn's comments about how to remember all of this code, and so here's my take on it.

Memorizing code is great if you're programming in a crunch and need to get things done as fast as possible, but it is more important to know that the commands exist, or at least have an idea that there must be a command out there to do what you're doing.

You want to know the basic concepts - If/Then statements, Loops, variables, arrays - and how the tools can help you solve problems.  Next, learn how to read syntax documentation. 

After that, you're usually only a google search away from the answer.  A lot of programming is copying and pasting from projects you've done before, or code you've found online.  It's slower than memorizing the code, but it's just another resource to use and another way to learn.

2/19/2008 4:07:49 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)    Comments [1] Trackback