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Comment by chaps

6 days ago

This is how a (video game) programming class in my high school was taught. You had to transcribe the code from a Digipen book.... then fix any broken code. Not entirely sure if their many typos were intentional, but they very much helped learn because we had no choice but to correct their logic failures and taypos to move onto the next section. I'm still surprised 20 years later how well that system worked to teach and push us to branch our understandings.

Yes, I was just about to say. Typing out code is a way to lear syntax of a new language and it’s often recommended to not copy paste while you start learning.