*splutters* I've never known a programmer who uses that silly finger pecking technique. Then again, I've never met any programmers. But I know that I was a self-respecting typist before I got into coding...
i use the single finger technique, it makes it more exciting when you look at the screen and relise you have jumbled all your code up, it kills two birds with one stone...you see i like crosswords and if you ever looked at the source code of any of my stuff...it looks like a crossword, i never could finish crosswords...i never could finish any of my programs.
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*splutters* I've never known a programmer who uses that silly finger pecking technique. Then again, I've never met any programmers. But I know that I was a self-respecting typist before I got into coding...
I know a lot of programmers that do the hunt and peck method, but then I've been doing this since the 70s. I'm not a good typist (50wpm was my best), but I do OK.
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A friend of mine is a professional webprogrammer who just use his keyboard at lightning speed and rarely make any spelling mistake. He had never joined any typing institute for getting his figures on keyboard. IMO a good programmer should also be a good typist
Hmm, this too is interesting to me finger pecking technique. Very informative article, I as have friends and acquaintances who are simply extremely ready to surprise with the skill. I hope that when some day I will reach such level, ability all so to automate causes simply indescribable delight, it is really cool!
I took a 6-week typing course with I was 12 years old and didn't really build my skills after that. I have terrible finger placement - depending on my mood, I use between four and six fingers. My goofy style results in about 80 WPM and few mistakes whether coding or writing plain English.
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Your speed was: 95wpm.
Congratulations! You made no mistakes, practice does make perfect.
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