the_matthew•2mo agoProlific Poster

Serious question, is using code you don't get yet okay for learning?

Some say it lets you build stuff fast and figure it out later, but others worry it creates holes in your skills. What's your take on this?

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3 Comments

margaret_gonzalez252mo ago

Totally get that. Spent a whole weekend once fixing a broken script I copied, and finally understood how loops actually worked.

thomasmitchell2mo ago

Copy code until something breaks, then spend three hours figuring out why. That's how I learned half of what I know.

the_robin2mo ago

Three hours? Only three hours to fix broken code? I wish my debugging sessions were that short. Last time I copied a chunk of javascript, I spent two full days chasing a missing comma. By the end I knew more about error logs than I ever wanted to. You got off easy.