Sunday, June 26, 2011

Programming Computers

Computer programming is very fun and entertaining, but it also required a lot of research. Research can be anything form having someone teach you, to reading over thousands of lines of documentation. I find that reading documentation is more difficult then being taught. However it must be done on occasion when there is nobody capable to teach you. When I want to learn something new quickly I have a specific idea on what I want to do, and want to see results quickly. Therefore the best way to create documentation is by starting with the most basic scenario for your program or process.

For Example
If the documentation tells you to do A->B->C->DONE then it seems easier to understand because you have accomplished something after only three steps. Then the documentation says to try A->B->B.1->B.2->C->D->DONE you will be able to understand how A B C work and if you don't care about B.1 and B.2 you can stop reading for now and still know how to do what you want.

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