The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 40 minutes.
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1. How to Use Google to Solve Your Programming Questions by Coding in Flow (15 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
- You should look into multiple sources instead of just relying on or trusting one single source
- It can be helpful to limit searches to things that were written in the last year so that you are getting relevant, up to date search results
- You can tailor your results further by excluding certain words by putting "-" in front, using quotation marks for unique phrases, or by checking out the image search results
2. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2):
- Google is a tool in the programmer's toolkit- it doesn't mean you're a bad programmer if you turn to Google often. In fact, it probably means you're a good one.
- Google can be a valuable resource because it would be very difficult to memorize the nuances of every language you are coding in. I really liked the Einstein quote that was included: “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
3. 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently by Joseph Hindy (15 min)
- Briefly describe (in your own words) each of the tips below AND provide an example of a search that captures the sentiment of the tip
- Tip 2: Use quotes to help you look for a specific phrase, with the words in a specific order, search: "Turing School of Software & Design"
- Tip 3: You can exclude a word from your search by adding a hyphen in front of it, search: Portland -Maine
- Tip 4: Google can be used to search information on a specific site, search: Presidential Candidates 2020 site:npr.org
- Tip 9: Search for multiple phrases at once by adding OR in between the two phrases, search: cats OR kittens
- Tip 13: Try to use more formal/professional terminology that you would actually find on a credible website, search: tibia fracture treatment
- Tip 14: Use succinct phrases and leave out unnecessary words, search: Denver museums
- Tip 17: Use descriptive words to tailor your results to your specific need, search: Mac keyboard shortcuts
If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below: