The programmer's brain - By Felienne Hermans

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1. The programmer's brain By Felienne Hermans
2. Hello there - This is a book is the intersection between learning and tech.
3. Agenda What's the idea: Go over the following sections: 1. The memory 2. Reading code 3. Writing code 4. Naming
4. 1. The memory
5. Memory classification - Working memory - Short term memory - Long term memory
6. Memory classification - Working memory - Short term memory - Long term memory * The magical number seven minus or plus two
7. SPACED REPETITION, REVISIT
8. Cognitive refactoring - Grab a piece of code - Place that where you need - Remove that afterwards
9. 2. Reading code
10. Code - Reading texts and reading code are strongly related - Same parts of the brain are active - The first is that research shows we as programmers spend more time on reading code than writing
11. Code - Reading texts and reading code are strongly related - Same parts of the brain are active - The first is that research shows we as programmers spend more time on reading code than writing it * lack of practicing on reading code
12. 3. Naming
13. Naming - Names make up a large part of the code base - Names play a role in code reviews - Names are the most accessible form of documentation - Names can serve as beacons
14. Naming - Names make up a large part of the code base - Names play a role in code reviews - Names are the most accessible form of documentation - Names can serve as beacons * Linking chuks
15. W.M → L.T.M L.T.M → W.M
16. Naming she refers a research that points to 19% increase on finding defects for code that does is not abbreviated.
17. 4. Writing code
18. Writing - an interrupted task takes longer to finish compared to a uninterrupted on, this is what research points to.
19. FlowLight Manuela Züger
20. https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
21. https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
22. https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
23. Writing - TODO's in code remain unresolved for long time - People cannot multitask - static-types systems outperform dynamic ones in terms of time and accuracy finding bugs
24. The programmer's brain By Felienne Hermans