7 Habits of Highly Successful Coders

Habits you can easily practice to become a super effective programmer

Lokajit Tikayatray
CodeX

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Successful coders are a breed apart. They think differently, work differently, and their habits set them apart from the rest.

Successful coders take pride in their work and constantly strive to enhance their skills. They’re always looking for ways to improve their code, whether by learning new techniques or finding efficient ways to solve problems.

So, what makes them so successful? And can you emulate their success?

Let’s take a look at seven habits that make successful coders stand out from the rest and how you can develop them too.

1. They take their time to think before and after writing the code

Programming is not a race. It’s essential to take your time and do things right early in the development cycle rather than rushing through and making mistakes.

Successful coders know taking upfront time will save them from a lot of pain in the long run. Hence, they spend more time ideating their implementation plan than actual coding.

Before writing even a single line of code, competent programmers spend sufficient time analyzing all possible…

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Lokajit Tikayatray
CodeX

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