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by therealwill 4082 days ago
It is a necessary evil in my opinion. Typing code perfectly without the aid of code completion reinforces the idea that attention to detail in coding is extremely important. Furthermore, it forces the user to read every letter which is very important when first starting out.
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Paying attention to irrelevant detail reduces mental energy for important detail.

Uphill both ways in the snow.

"Texting while driving reinforces the idea that you need to pay attention to many different things while driving, which is extremely important. Every new driver should text constantly while driving, or else they will never become good drivers."
I don't know... When I was learning js, my life greatly improved when I started using jshint in my editor.