How to read code better

Workshop to demonstrate how our programmers brain work.

Objectives :

• Understand how our brain works in front of code

• Get some tips to improve our daily life

  • Flashcards to learn quickly new syntax / spaced repetition

  • Chunking code strategies

  • Techniques to read complex code

Connection - Code reader 10'

Ask participants to :

• Choose a code snippet

• Take a few minutes to read / understand it - 5'

• Add notes on your snippet - 5'

  • Why did you choose this piece of code ?

  • What makes it easy to understand the code ?

  • What makes it hard to understand the code ?

315KB

code-snippets.zip

archive

Debrief it and relate to the confusion related to code.

Concepts - 30'

Concrete Practice - Create your own Flashcards 10'

• Think of the top 10 programming concepts you always have trouble remembering

• Make a set of flashcards for each of the concepts and try using them

Example :

Conclusion - 5'

• Debrief on the learning of the day

• Ask participants to stick their name

• Ask them why here