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):
- One thing I learned is that it is often helpful to narrow the time span of your google search. Programming is a ever-evolving entity and it is important to find up-to-date results.
- I also plan to implement the function where you can exclude certain words from your search by putting a minus (-) in front of them; I did not know about this before reading the article.
- Our group talked about this briefly in the session last night, but I did not know how helpful it could be to search by strings using quotations. I will implement this when I need exact wording or a more precise search.
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):
- This made me more confident that it is ok to search and ask for help when programming. It is good to know that even the best programmers rely on internet searches to fill in details they do not know since programming is so nuanced and varied.
- I will certainly implement the idea that you should "never memorize something you can look up" to make my work more efficient.
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: this tip suggests using quotes to search for exact phrases to make your search more accurate if needed. ex: "old navy" brand sweatshirts
- Tip 3: this tip explains that a minus sign in front of a word excludes it from your search. ex: apple -technology
- Tip 4: this tip describes how you can use a colon to search specific websites for results. ex: Tiger Woods site:golfchannel.com
- Tip 9: here they explain that you can use the syntax OR to search two phrases or words at once. ex: "best hiking shoes" OR "best hiking boots"
- Tip 13: this tip describes how websites usually don't contain pronouns or similar, and to use words website are more likely to use. ex: searching "computer acting slow" instead of "my computer is being slow"
- Tip 14: this tip explains that limiting the amount of words in your search will increase accuracy. ex: "movie tickets" instead of "where to buy movie tickets to theaters near me"
- Tip 17: here they explain that descriptive wording is important for searching. example would be rewording a search after your initial search is not succesful.
If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below:
- not right now, thanks!