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How Experienced And Novice Programmers See Code

Posted by Unknown on from the m-x-run-direct-neural-interface dept.

Esther Schindler writes "We always talk about how programmers improve their skill by reading others' code. But the newbies aren't going to be as good at even doing that, when they start. There's some cool research underway, using eye tracking to compare how an experienced programmer looks at code compared to a novice. Seems to be early days, but worth a nod and a smile." Reader Necroman points out that if the above link is unreachable, try this one. The videos are also available on YouTube: Expert, Novice.

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  1. Back in the day .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Back in the day - 1990s - businesses where going from mainframes to distributed to internet.

    It was all the same shit.

    Then Java came out, and us old farts said, "Same old shit."

    We were told that we had outdated thoughts and whatever ....

    We said, "This was done before."

    "NOPE!" was yelled by the peanut gallery. THIS IS DIFFERENT!

    OK.

    "You're old!"

    Yep. No argument. I just want to see some REAL innovation.

    But bu...bu..bu..bu..Apple.

    Yawn. Yes, bu...bu..bu..bu.. Apple Newton and Palm.

    But.. bu...but...but...CLOUD!

    But... bu...bu..but... mainframe.

    But..bu..bu..but...not the same technolgy!

    You got me there, young'in. BUT the algorithms are quite similar. Bunch of machines connectiing to the cloud or a bunch of termials. It's different becuase?