paulmignard

So last night I started to finally get some return on this painful task of learning how to type…and it all started with a tutorial (start dream sequence……….now!)

I was wanting to play around with some asp.net mvc stuff and I came across a task that I usually aproach with great trepidation and gnashing of teeth: the online tutorial. Probably not scary for most of you but I have two unwritten rules when it comes to tutorials – I have to finish it and I have to type the code (no copy and paste sir – especially not now when I need the practice.) Understandably, my inability to type made this a daunting task as I usually ended up performing this inane cycle of insanity to finish the darn thing:

Look at the code sample
Look at the IDE
Look at the keyboard
Look at the code sample and memorize a small chunk of text to type
Type
Repeat the above 2 steps until all code is typed
Look at the IDE
Type to fix what I messed up
Look at the IDE
Repeat until all typing mistakes are fixed
Look back at the code
and over
and over
and over again…

Quite asinine isn’t it?

Last night, while my typing is arguably slower, the whole process was so much smoother as I never had to look at the keyboard. This new process went something like this:

Look at the code
type what I see
verify

Wow, I cannot express how much more pleasant of a process that was than the madness I used to engage in. Like, dare I say, it was actually fun?

And now, here is the typing of the day!

Not monumental but at least some improvement…