Dear new developer, I've already written about the power of copy/paste to save effort. And had a guest blogger write about how you should be focus on inspiration rather than imitation. This letter is going to be extremely tactical and reveal to you two commands that I didn't know until a year or so ago. … Continue reading Use the clipboard from the command line
Dear new developer, The command line is a powerful tool, and writing shell scripts lets you write a series of commands once and replay them any time you like. But sometimes you will write a series of commands without putting them into a script. This may be because you are exploring a problem or because … Continue reading Use your shell’s history
Dear new developer, I remember the first time I saw a senior engineer struggle with the command line. He was a new hire and was getting up to speed on a new project. If memory serves, he was trying to get his IDE set up for a java project. I noticed him with the command … Continue reading Learn the command line
Letters To A New Developer 