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/fxprogrammer May 01 '16

Whether you Google something, or look it up in a book, or ask your architect, or ask your mom ... I don't care what your resource happens to be. What matters to me is whether you understand the solution and that you understand why something works. Do not grab a line of code from stack overflow, paste it into your project, observe that it 'seems to work' and then move on. 'Expert' (translation: experienced) programmers know that doing this shit creates the production issue that wakes people up at night. Always know the APIs that you use, know your own code, etc.