Working with functions

Theo Selin — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:08:16 +0000

As I'm going into more intermediate coding with my class, we've talked a bit about best practices and how to "think" or "interpret" the different tools provided with coding.

Something that helped me a lot with understanding how to properly use functions is when our teacher @hassanmian told us to see them as different persons.

This got me thinking; so I found a good analogy for it in a relay race. The work that needs to be done has to be devided between the different runners evenly. It'd simply be unfair if one person had to to the whole race and the rest still gets cred for it.

So if it's a lot that needs to be done, the first function needs to hand the baton to the next function and so on.

I've got a feeling that my future DEV posts are going to involve more analogies, but it helps me anchor what I learn to something I understand and who knows; it might help somebody else out there.

Coding is a Craft

Theo Selin — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:23:15 +0000

I'm sitting here working on my fundamental programming-skills and just found the perfect analogy for what I'm actually doing: It's craftmanship, almost like an artform. Even though I already know how to finish the task the seventh time, my brain structures the required steps much faster. Everyone can use a hammer and a nail, but a carpenter has run the miles, if you know what I mean.

I have a history in design and art, and I can say that this is just as much of a marathon as any other craft.

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Working with functions

Coding is a Craft