Subject: Is it cheating when developers Google things?

Cheating Developers?

 Is it cheating when developers Google things?

From Stefan Mischook (aka: Uncle Stef / 169 year old developer)

Photo: Uncle Stef displaying 'Code Long and Prosper' salut: đź––

Hi!


Let's jump into it!


"Is it cheating when developers Google things?"


Short answer: no. 


Comments:


A big part of being an pro coder/developer, is to be able to effectively to find answers on:

  1. Google

  2. Discord servers (Check out my Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rn8za8aq2v)

  3. ChatGPT

  4. Stackoverflow 

Etc ....


The above question was from a student in my mentoring group. Here’s the rest of the email:


“I started doing googling and using W3 or backtracking into the lessons from you and it has made it easier. Made a new portfolio site and redid my friends podcast site too.”


Nice!


That's the key, getting into the ring asap. This is what I keep stressing to people. Influence from my boxing days …


"Surprisingly I am finding JS is a lot of common sense to me and easier than CSS."


You wouldn't be the first to say that! CSS was IMHO not the best designed language, and is a challenge to learn for just about everyone. So don't worry about it! The key things to know about CSS are:

  1. CSS box model.

  2. CSS grid.

  3. CSS flexbox.

  4. CSS cascade.


 "Also cheated and went ahead just enough on PHP to write a small 31 line script to work on the submit button on my contact page." 


That works. The key is to start building things asap. The more you code, the quicker you will understand the concepts.


Stefan

Check out unclestef.com to learn about my Mentoring program.