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Programming
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Programming
is a complex skill
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Guitar
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Martial arts
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Martial arts
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Talent
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Practice
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Practice
... a lot of it.
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Taszycki MichaŁ
•applicake.com
•@mehowte
λγπΩɹϛϋ
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My journey
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My journey
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Japanese Art And
Technology Center
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2nd Edition - Spring 2013
• Call for papers will open soon
• visit railsberry.com
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Programming
Workout
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How to stay on the path?
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And choose optimal one?
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT.com
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT.com
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT.com
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PROGRAMMING
WORKOUT.com
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Beginner
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Beginner
“I have no idea what I’m doing”
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I have no idea what
I’m doing
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Learn consistency first
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Become proficient with git.
Learn more vim.
Become a better touch typist.
Improve OOP skills.
Learn functional programming basics.
Become a better mathematician.
Make a wish
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Pick simple exercise
rubykoans.com
rubyquiz.com
D C Dr
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Beginner’s Schedule
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Anything Anything Anything Anything Anything Anything Anything
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Beginner’s Schedule
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Touch
Typing
VimGolf
Ruby
Quiz
Touch
Typing
Git
Practice
Code
Kata
VimGolf
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Create a habit
• Simplify the behavior
• Start it after existing habit
• Celebrate success
• Don’t punish failure
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Novice
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Novice
“I know what I can’t do”
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Make goals SMART
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Few SMART examples
• Improve WPM by 3 next week.
• Solve 10 Project Euler problems this week.
• Do all Array ruby koans till Wednesday.
• I’ll learn to implement and be able to prove
complexity of QuickSort in a month.
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Find a good teacher
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Focus
one skill
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Novice’s Schedule
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Thing
One
Thing
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Thing
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Thing
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Novice’s Schedule
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Touch
Typing -
focus on
digits for
5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
focus on
accuracy
for 5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
race for
5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
focus on
digits for
5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
focus on
$#%^&*
for 5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
focus on
speed
for 5
minutes
Touch
Typing -
race for
5
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Keep working hard
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Adept
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Adept
“I know what I can do”
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Change intensity
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• add exercises
• make them more complex
• cycle workouts focused on different skills
• experiment
Change intensity
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Measure Progress
• improve a number (WPM)
• solve harder problems
• record yourself
• observe
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Find weaknesses
• complex exercises are great (Code Kata)
• they cover a lot of skills
• but be vigilant
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Fix them
• find simple exercises
• focus on them
• check your progress with complex ones
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Adept’s Schedule
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A B Rest A B Rest Rest
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A B C A B C Rest
or
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Adept’s Schedule
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Touch
typing
Code
Kata
Rest
Touch
typing
Code
Kata
Rest Rest
Tools -
zsh
Refactor
- extract
method
(x10)
Tools -
vim
(text
objects)
Refactor
- extract
class
(x10)
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Share your story
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Master
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Master
“I can do”
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How do you know
you are the Master
?
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Keep up the good work
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Master’s Schedule
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Become a beginner
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Try teaching others
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“A goal is not always meant to be reached,
it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
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“Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.”
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WE CODE
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WE CAN CODE BETTER
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Programming
Workout
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• facebook.com/programmingworkout
• twitter.com/ProgrammingWOD
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• facebook.com/mehowte
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