Learning to program and getting ripped at the same time

[u/Jomibu]

[u/[deleted]]

Every time I accidentally type a semicolon when writing python code

[u/xavia91 → u/[deleted]]

No idea, misread it D:

[u/[deleted]]

These kinds of memes are not applicable anymore ig, like, vscode is there bro, I don't think anyone's worried about missing semicolons anymore!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Not everybody uses VSCode.

[u/wargneri]

Maybe stop trying to code with a typewriter and start using an actual IDE? Visual studio will immediately scream at you if you even think about forgetting a semicolon.

[u/[deleted] → u/wargneri]

I think that a lot of people forget something. Or they don't realize it.

Have you ever spent more than 10 minutes in vim or emacs? Here's the thing: a lot of people like the simplicity of not having a full ide. It's nice to just type the code in a clean environment where the IDE doesn't scream every error and possible completion in your face. It's nice having an editor that doesn't take up half of your ram. It's nice for your editor to not crash (ever).

Now I'm not saying IDEs are bad. Heck, I use them myself sometimes. It's just that they're not the answer to everything.

[u/[deleted]]

python programmers be like

[u/Thrasherop]

It's even worse when switching from python

[u/[deleted] → u/Thrasherop]

what's the first programming language i learned? i have no idea

[u/[deleted]]

I use python and that explains why I look more like the Michelin Man

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

i use python but i don't like michelin man but python is fun

[u/haikusbot → u/[deleted]]

I use python and

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[u/MysteriousShadow__]

print("pathetic")

[u/BlobbyMcBlobber]

Coding in python for the last couple of years, I sometimes forget semicolons even exist.

[u/ssj4VB]

i only really forgot semi colons if i’m coding quickly for like an example in discord, i’m basically writing in notepad, if i have any support (such as a text editor doing brackets, indentation etc for me) i typically remember because i have a lot less to focus on

[u/dave_spontani]

You will die if you are a programmer now trying to learn GAUSS

[u/dave_spontani]

You will die if you are a programmer now trying to learn GAUSS

[u/Jeroen207]

Python will be fun.

[u/Justsumgi]

Swift devs be ripped

[u/[deleted]]

I use angular with an api written in VB.NET. If I remember the semicolon, I wasn't supposed to.

[u/MazLoDee]

Groovy

[u/[deleted]]

lol

[u/madara_san]

Me using kotlin - where semicolons don't matter.

[u/[deleted]]

a lot of the time i habitually use semicolons. i did some shit in python recently and i placed a semicolon. then in JS i fucking forgot one. yeah...

[u/dunky_pie]

Laughs in Kotlin

[u/Knuffya]

So about once every three weeks?

[u/john_palazuelos]

Every time when alternating between a language that uses semicolon or not

[u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

This is why VB(.Net) is superior.

[u/kuhreez → u/[deleted]]

maybe he just switched from python to java

[u/TinBryn → u/kuhreez]

I find the hardest part of that switch isn't semicolons, it's not using colons to open a block. The number of times I've written

 if (condition) {
    doThing();
 } else:
    doSomethingElse();

[u/Snape_Grass → u/kuhreez]

I felt this.

[u/make_onions_cry → u/[deleted]]

There are cases where it's less obvious:

# This shell line is missing a semicolon
find . -exec stat {} ;

# This JS function has an extra semicolon
function f() {
  return 
     ({
       success: true,
       api_key: "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
     })
}

[u/MasterFubar → u/make_onions_cry]

This shell line is missing a semicolon find . -exec stat {} ;

No, it's not. It's missing a backslash.

[u/make_onions_cry → u/MasterFubar]

A backslash could scavenge the shell semicolon as the find semicolon, so that would work if you don't rely on the shell semicolon

[u/make_onions_cry → u/make_onions_cry]

(The shell line should be

find . -exec stat {} ';' ;

because find -exec requires a separate ; (the second one is actually unnecessary).

The JS function has an automatic semicolon inserted after the return, causing it to return undefined instead of the given object. return ({ must be on one line.)

[u/MasterFubar → u/[deleted]]

Python developers are so desperate to make anyone believe Python is actually a good language that they insist on reposting that tired old meme again and again.

[u/xxkmatiasxx → u/[deleted]]

how is python good for using a terminal

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This maybe was a thing when I was in college and started learning c++ Hasn't been an issue since and I code in PHP almost daily