What’s the point of programming contests?

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Ali Navidi

These days there are a lot of contest in the programming world, but are they really helping?

What's the cost?

I mean it is good to be fast but at what cost? as it said in Clean Code by Robert C. Martin we are like authors and the code we write should be like well-written newspaper article;
writing code fast and dirty is not a good thing besides why should we write code in hurry?

What's the point?

Having a course named 'Competitive programming' made me think what's the point? isn't coding more about being patient and find the best solutions then write it clean? what is your opinion about programming contests?

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Ali Navidi

Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

APA

Ali Navidi | Sciencx (2022-04-30T22:17:41+00:00) What’s the point of programming contests?. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/

MLA

" » What’s the point of programming contests?." Ali Navidi | Sciencx - Saturday April 30, 2022, https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/

HARVARD

Ali Navidi | Sciencx Saturday April 30, 2022 » What’s the point of programming contests?., viewed ,<https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/>

VANCOUVER

Ali Navidi | Sciencx - » What’s the point of programming contests?. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/

CHICAGO

" » What’s the point of programming contests?." Ali Navidi | Sciencx - Accessed . https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/

IEEE

" » What’s the point of programming contests?." Ali Navidi | Sciencx [Online]. Available: https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/. [Accessed: ]

rf:citation

» What’s the point of programming contests? | Ali Navidi | Sciencx | https://www.scien.cx/2022/04/30/whats-the-point-of-programming-contests/ |

Please log in to upload a file.

There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.