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Syntax Is the Easy Part

How to think like a programmer, even if you aren't one.

Programming is taught backwards. People are handed a language and told the hard part is remembering where the semicolons go. The syntax is the easy part. The hard part is seeing the whole picture before you write anything down.

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The syntax is the easy part

Every beginner programming resource teaches the part the IDE already knows, and skips the part that actually makes the difference.

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