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TIL using a real code editor beats Notepad for learning by a mile
I spent my first two weeks trying to write Python in Notepad, saving files as .txt and getting constant errors. Then I downloaded VS Code (it's free) and the difference was night and day. It colored my code, showed me my mistakes right away, and even suggested fixes. Has anyone else had a moment where a simple tool switch made things click?
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ray_webb62mo ago
My buddy learned HTML on a typewriter once.
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riverp371mo ago
ray_webb6" thats wild. My cousin tried learning CSS on a Commodore 64 back in the day. He had to manually type every bracket and forgot colons half the time. Ended up with a site that looked like scrambled eggs because he missed one semicolon. Typewriters definitely build patience though. You mess up one letter on a page and you gotta start from scratch. That night and day difference thing matthew_wilson22 said has some truth to it actually. Editors today just spoil us with auto-complete and you don't remember half the stuff you used to.
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matthew_wilson222mo ago
That "night and day" difference is overblown. A typewriter like @ray_webb6 mentioned would build better habits than any fancy editor.
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