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The programmer's
brain
By Felienne Hermans
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Hello there
- This is a book is the intersection between
learning and tech.
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Agenda
What's the idea:
Go over the following sections:
1. The memory
2. Reading code
3. Writing code
4. Naming
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1. The memory
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Memory classification
- Working memory
- Short term memory
- Long term memory
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Memory classification
- Working memory
- Short term memory
- Long term memory
* The magical number seven minus or plus two
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SPACED
REPETITION,
REVISIT
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Cognitive
refactoring - Grab a piece of code
- Place that where you need
- Remove that afterwards
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2. Reading code
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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
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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
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3. Naming
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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
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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
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W.M → L.T.M
L.T.M → W.M
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Naming
she refers a research that points to 19%
increase on finding defects for code that does is
not abbreviated.
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4. Writing code
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Writing
- an interrupted task takes longer to finish
compared to a uninterrupted on, this is
what research points to.
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FlowLight
Manuela Züger
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https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
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https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
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https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight
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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
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The programmer's
brain
By Felienne Hermans