I noticed that overtime with experience that the curve of learning shifts from t
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Question
I noticed that overtime with experience that the curve of learning shifts from trying to learn a language or technology (the way it works) to how to develop applications faster and with less code. I am very interested to see how other developers have minimized the time it takes to get applications to market. I know for a fact that by learning just one thing it can save you a ton of time. For example I started learning lambda expressions and code that normally took 3 lines now only takes 1 and is alot faster to type. Another angle is shortcuts and tools in an IDE itself. For instance I can't believe I didn't know how to remove unused using statements from my source code so I used to do it manually until I found out there was a tool in VS for removing them. Are there any resources for learing faster ways of developing applications? Keyboard Shortcuts, tools, programs, references? Is there like a reference where one can learn these things? If not can you please share how you learned some of these tips? NOTE: This question is geared towards .NET, C# and the Visual Studio IDE asdasd
Explanation / Answer
Programming applications faster isn't about reducing the number of lines in them. It's about simplifying the solution. Just because it's shorter, doesn't mean it's simpler.
The less complex the solution, the less likely it is to have mistakes.
Typing code isn't what is slow. We aren't paid to type. We aren't really even paid to write code. We are paid to create solutions to problems.
Sometimes an elegant, simple, correct solution is more lines. Some times it's less. The key is that it's correct, and easy for you and the next developer to understand what it does. The computer has no problem understanding what you write. Code is for people to read.
Having said all that. Resharper is a GREAT tool to improve the speed you can program, and aid in creating clean code that is easy to maintain.