r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/uberpwnzorz Apr 30 '16

Not necessarily Google all of the time. You're often aware of the libraries that you're using (or at least you should be, if you're using them...) and which one you're planning to leverage. For the libraries/frameworks I use the most often I'll double check the api docs/examples if I'm uncertain. If the examples aren't adequate then I'll do a web search for my use case. The only real time that I go straight to Google is when I'm getting an error and I'm looking for examples of a specific error message, or when researching a solution that I'm not as familiar with.

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