The latest articles on DEV Community by Christian Mondorf (@cmondorf). https://dev.to/cmondorf https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F87596%2F442bcf9d-213d-4c62-a40b-38c160e01d9a.jpeg https://dev.to/cmondorf en Christian Mondorf Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:12:38 +0000 https://dev.to/cmondorf/what-do-you-wish-you-had-learned-when-learning-your-first-programming-language-2a4i https://dev.to/cmondorf/what-do-you-wish-you-had-learned-when-learning-your-first-programming-language-2a4i <p>Maybe you learned how to code through a book, a tutorial, a bootcamp, your school. Whatever the case may be, this question applies to you: What do you wish you had been taught but weren't?</p> <p>I have the impression many resources focus on syntax which is good, except they tend to do it at the expense of everything else. A lot of habits, methods, and strategies to write solid code, to debug, etc. seem to get left out.</p> discuss