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Offline Smasher816

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Programmer typing test
« on: Sat, 22 March 2014, 23:08:18 »
I'm not sure where the best place to put this topic is, so I just threw it in off topic (mods: feel free to move it as you see fit).

A few months ago I stumbled upon a cool typing website designed for programmers - http://typing.io/lessons. This site was mentioned twice in passing here on Geekhack, but it never got much attention so I think it deserves its own thread.

I know there are a lot of geeky people here so hopefully someone else finds the site interesting. Perhaps people could post there scores for others to compare to. I for one would be interested in what non-programmers score as there are many keys that are not commonly used. ex: {}[];
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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 23 March 2014, 13:36:23 »
That's awesome! Apparently my programming speed is roughly 50% of my normal speed (~50wpm vs ~100wpm)
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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 23 March 2014, 14:07:07 »
75 normally, 55 programming

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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 24 March 2014, 22:41:23 »
Apparently I am doing better at programming then the rest. It may be due to the repetive nature of parts of Java (ex: function constructs).

As with everything the speed depends on the content and mood (relaxed vs. purposly trying to type as fast as possible). With that in mind these are a pretty generic range for my speed.

Normal: 75-90 (110 max)

Programming [Java]: 65-75 (80 max)
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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 25 March 2014, 19:00:24 »
I did 127wpm in Java with a 20% unproductive characters :P

It's not accurate for me though, this time I looked at what I was supposed to type, whereas in programming I spend most of my time thinking and testing and using auto-complete :P

Normally I'm around 60-70 wpm when it comes to writing in English.
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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 25 March 2014, 22:42:25 »
Quote from: vasouv on Tue, 25 March 2014, 19:00:24
I did 127wpm in Java with a 20% unproductive characters :P

It's not accurate for me though, this time I looked at what I was supposed to type, whereas in programming I spend most of my time thinking and testing and using auto-complete :P

Normally I'm around 60-70 wpm when it comes to writing in English.

I think you are the first to post that they type faster with all the "programming" characters without auto-complete and not their native language.

The thinking and testing part is very true. For me it's: A bit of time planning, some type writing it, a long time debugging and thinking.
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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 26 March 2014, 05:05:18 »
i don' know when you would actually type 75 words in a row when programming to be honest.  or even typing for a whole minute.

i type MUCH MUCH more into google and forum posts than I ever actually type.

also, templates and find replace for the win.
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Re: Programmer typing test
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 26 March 2014, 07:12:40 »
also abbrevs. and omni completion.
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