Becoming a Better Developer

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your coding skills won’t either. Being a great developer takes a lot of practices and good habit formations. There will be days where you will feel completely overwhelmed, but just remember that it is a process. You will be alright, just trust the process.

If you are feeling lost, tired, or looking to improve your workflow then there is this great article by Level Up that talks about good habits to take notice of.

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/programming-habits-you-should-adopt-8ab75419fb09

If time is an issue below is a short summary of all the main points the author of LevelUp is trying to address.

Summary of the Article

  • Don’t repeat yourself (DRY) If you feel like you have identical or duplicated code it is probably time to refactor. You can refactor by dividing your code and logic into smaller reusable units. This will make maintaining your code a lot easier and reduce the risk of introducing a bug.
  • Once your done, refactor again As you can tell, refactoring is a big subject to being a better developer. You shouldn’t stingy with your code. If it looks like it can be written better, it probably can. This will improve the overall readability next time you or a new developer come and work on that project .
  • Smaller commits In today’s society big is often considered better. For example bigger house or bigger wallet. In the world of code, bigger commits is not always better. The benefit of smaller commits is that you can be descriptive about what you did and how you implemented the code. In addition, it will make your code easier to debug and review.
  • Stay Consistent If you are using snake_case to format your variables do not change halfway through to camelCase .
  • Never Stop Learning New technologies emerge all the time that is just the life of a developer. The new hot tech stack of today might be dead five years from now. In order to stay relevant you will have to constantly keep learning. A great developer is a developer who never stops improving their skill set.

The Guy Behind World of Code

Peter Tran

Web Developer

“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.”

—  William Knowlton Zinsser.

Hello my name is Peter and the guy up there is my Dad. Just kidding, that’s me, and I am the face behind World Of Code. I am currently a senior at Wake Technical Community College studying Web Development. As of right now, I have roughly three years of web development experience under my belt. The knowledge that I acquired came from Coding Bootcamps, Udemy , and the Open Source community. I am always trying to improve my skills and further my career. As a result after this semester, I will be going for a bachelor in Computer Science.

The reason I started this blog was to have a centralized area where I can express all my thoughts, emotions, and what I find interesting in the World of Code. This blog was meant to be educational with a hint of me in it. It will encompass a broad range of technology topics such as development, design, SEO , as well as hints and tips .

The World of Code is limitless and the only thing stopping your creativity is yourself. As a result let all become better developers together. Come follow me on my journey in Full Stack Web Development and watch me grow as a web developer!

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