If you apply the 80/20 rule to learning programming, what topics and skills would be the...

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1. Learn how to debug efficiently. After 20+ years of coding and learning, my most valuable skill is that I can debug my way out of any problem, and I can guess why errors are happening.
2. Learn how to write tests-first, when there are guiding tests before you have code, you no longer guessing solutions, you have a way to immediately verify them.
3. Learn how to name the elements in your code in a very description way, writing software is about communicating implementations.
4. Learn a good editor, and typing without looking at your keyboard.

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