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How to understand complex coding concepts better using the Feynman Technique

Cess on March 19, 2022

There are other learning techniques available, but this is one of my favorites. The Feynman approach is an excellent way to gain a deeper understan...
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Charlie J Smotherman

In nursing school we had something similar to learn new procedures

See one
Do one
Teach one

By the time you get to Teach one you usually over prepare for fear of not knowing the answer to any possible questions your fellow students may ask.

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Cess

That's a great way of learning. Do you have second chances to teach if you couldn't do a good job the first time?

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Michael Otu

We'd, I should you, we do, you do.. it was a good concept that help me a lot..

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DanaCoding

This article of yours doesn't follow Feynman. lol. But it's definitely worth looking into.

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Cess • Edited

What do you mean by it does not follow Feynman?

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webjoyable

If you cannot explain it better, it's wise not to criticize. You might have misunderstood Feynman method

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DanaCoding

I don't mean to criticize, this is a great article. I mean this is an article explaining Feynman's method, just not using Feynman's method in this article. Please excuse my expression, my native language is not English after all.

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webjoyable

No worries, I'm not native English as well. Reason I was triggered is that you gave very rude and condescending remark, on something that took effort to be composed

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Reza Heidari

I concur with the idea. When I was in deep research of programming price action and algorithmic trading strategies, I tried this technic and created a group consists of 15 people who have passion for learning algo trading an tried to explain some stuff. It really works well.

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Fikra_Dev • Edited

A well written and clearly structured article. Just what i wanted at the present moment.

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SomarathiMadhusai-srijan

superb article

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Cess

Thanks for reading. Share with your developer friends