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Want to learn programming the right way? Try Exercism.
Learn industry coding practices with Exercism
In mid 2019 while attending a developers conference, NDC { Oslo }, I chanced to meet Erik, a software engineer from the Netherlands. In the minutes that followed, Erik introduced me to Exercism.
Exercism is an interactive code-practice and mentorship-based platform for learning how to write code. That night, I went home and tried out Exercism. I haven’t looked back since!
Here are some of the attributes that make Exercism an ideal platform for learning how to code and why you should give it a try.
Learn to read other people’s code
Programming is a creative art. We sit glued to our screens or terminals in flow, bringing software to life or simply fixing bugs.
In as much as we spend so much time writing code, we also devote a lot of time to reading code written by other people.
Most solutions that are submitted to Exercism are voluntarily made available to the public by the users. This means that when you submit a solution to a problem you also get the opportunity to see how fellow peers solved a similar problem.
