Comments on: How to Become a Great Web Developer http://www.ryandoherty.net/2008/05/04/how-to-become-a-great-web-developer/ Killer Kiwi Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chestone http://www.ryandoherty.net/2008/05/04/how-to-become-a-great-web-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Chestone Mon, 05 May 2008 18:32:15 +0000 http://www.ryandoherty.net/?p=249#comment-1163 I might not have seen it, but I'd definitely include a design patterns book on that list. if you are working on a complex system, and you are not at least familiar with common design patterns you are only hurting yourself. The Gang of Four book is of course the essential tome, but there are a ton of great design pattern books with examples in every language under the sun. I might not have seen it, but I’d definitely include a design patterns book on that list. if you are working on a complex system, and you are not at least familiar with common design patterns you are only hurting yourself. The Gang of Four book is of course the essential tome, but there are a ton of great design pattern books with examples in every language under the sun.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryandoherty.net/2008/05/04/how-to-become-a-great-web-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Ryan Mon, 05 May 2008 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.ryandoherty.net/?p=249#comment-1162 @Drupal-Boy Yeah, it is universal that experience is the best teacher. But with programming it seems that the proliferation of 'Teach Yourself X in 24 hours' makes it seem that programming defies this rule. @Drupal-Boy

Yeah, it is universal that experience is the best teacher. But with programming it seems that the proliferation of ‘Teach Yourself X in 24 hours’ makes it seem that programming defies this rule.

]]> By: Drupal-Boy http://www.ryandoherty.net/2008/05/04/how-to-become-a-great-web-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Drupal-Boy Mon, 05 May 2008 12:50:30 +0000 http://www.ryandoherty.net/?p=249#comment-1161 I think this truth is universal – not just for web development – reading a book about finance doesn´t make you a great investment banker and you are right that the only way to accomplish the state of being “skilled” in what you claim to be is to actually do it again and again – every day is a schoolday :-)

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