The ten commandments for learning how to code

Ivancevic, Atma

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Programming is an exercise in learning how to learn. Start small, practise often and don’t be afraid to make mistakes, advises Atma Ivancevic.

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  1. Atma Ivancevic

    1. Atma Ivancevic is a bioinformatics postdoc at the University of Colorado Boulder. She studies ancient retroviruses: genetic parasites that invaded our ancestors millions of years ago and still have a role in modern diseases. You can connect with her on Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub or her blog Jumpin’ Genes.

“I don’t have time to learn it.” We’ve all said it — some of us are still saying it. Many dream of being more data savvy, and so resolve to learn R (or Python, or C or whatever programming language is currently trending). But when it comes down to it, who has time to pick up an entirely new programming language from scratch?

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00653-5

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