Coding Tip: Programming as a Game

chanel — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:30:45 +0000

I recently read a Wired article where people achieved success losing weight because Weight Watchers is basically an RPG. One game/exercise that I often do is to see how many lines of code or components I can write without any errors. It’s hard to quantify but my record so far as about 200 lines of Javascript/AJAX code. It was kind of cheating because I was basically re-using Javascript and backend PHP code that had been thoroughly tested. Overall, this is a pretty good method to increase the amount of code you can hold in your head and attempts to reduce the relying of debugging tools in favor of self/mental debugging.

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Coding Tip: Programming as a Game