Fast Typing Fingers ⌨️
The most important skill you should practice!
Hey folks, I hope this email finds you productive 🚀!
As developers, we spend so much time writing code, right? So it is obvious that having the skill of writing efficiently on the keyboard is a must for developers!
Here are three tips to improve your typing speed significantly:
You should practice; practice makes perfect; for example, every day in the next 100 days, open up 10fastfingers.com and try your typing for one minute only (it won’t take so much, just one minute, buddy)!
When it comes to increasing your speed, the most important advice is to Never look at the keyboard!
Finally, the F and J keys in any keyboard always contain small bumps; you can use them to locate the F and J with your index fingers, and that way, you can work your way to the other keys!
Here is also some great website to learn typing and practice your typing:
Typing Club (The one I used to start improving my speed)
This skill isn’t like other developer-specific skills like software design or testing, but it is crucial to help you gain time and build confidence when writing your code.
📣 See you next week with another Tip!
✍️ Charfaoui Younes.
✅ My Preferred Things This Week
Here is a couple of digital content I’ve been consuming this week:
🎬 YouTube Video Creative Coding With Kotlin and Compose
📚 Book Java to Kotlin: A Refactoring Guidebook by Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce
📑 Article InMemoryTestDatabase by the one and Only Martin Fowler
🎙️ Podcast Facebook Engineering Process with Kent Beck (Repeat)
🎬 My New Videos
I Was Wrong about Let Function: In this video, I explain the let function and how to use it properly for your future features!
Unlock the Secret to Clean Code: want a taster tip to supercharge your clean code skills? Watch this short video for one simple tip!
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