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tezza

I applaud 'Learning to code' if it defined as:

* taking problems and reducing them to a sequence of repeatable instructions and decision points (branches)

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I think 'LtC' is irrelevant if defined as:

* I wanna make iPhone apps / Facebook plugins / Instagram ... Where do I get the Magic Handshake for the Mega $$$ ?

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Not really. I learned to code Pascal 16 years ago, because I wanted to make DOS computer games.

And here I am now: 10+ years of professional web-dev experience, spoke at local dev conferences, won awards for my work, etc..

What I learned during all these years is that methodologies and models help you after you learn how to build apps/plugins/games/whatever. And still they won't save you from wasted hours hunting an accidental typo.

What’s the difference? One is just a more abstract definition of the other.

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