Tips to become a good programmer

I've always felt that a guy needs 2 things to become a good programmer.

1. Knack
2. Practice

Nothing can substitute the 2nd one. First up, one has to find the enthu to sit down and code. One has to understand and appreciate other's code and coding techniques. But before that, he has to understand how to talk to the computer using the language. Once he realizes how to do that, the knack of coding is achieved.

Now the 2nd one is harder. To become a good programmer I am told that one has to sit and code each and every single day for atleast 2 years. I would say, atleast 1 month to learn the KNACK of programming and atleast 1 year to realize that you can become a better programmer by practice.

Now you are on your own!
Good luck :)

Tim Toady

My spring break just started and I wanted to use this time to improve myself technically. I started reading a few things with a view of creating things rather than just learning and running in the never ending rat race.

I began reading perl and this is the first thing I noted about its design.

There is more than one way to do it.(TIMTOWTDI... usually called Tim Toady)

Tim Toady...:P