tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post8995336079914481388..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: What’s Up with Novice Programmers and CommentsAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-14940368973954393362021-03-11T17:21:21.872-05:002021-03-11T17:21:21.872-05:00Perhaps students are accidentally exposed to bad d...Perhaps students are accidentally exposed to bad demonstrations of commenting when they learn to code - all those line-by-line explanations of each step are useful to a novice, but a terrible example of commenting in practice.<br /><br />And good commenting only really shows its value when you work with a complex body of code that is either written by someone else, or that you wrote some time ago. Until you see the value, and only if you expect that value to be realised later on, does the burden of adding comments seem like a good investment. Perhaps engaging with code that will endure, such as in an open source project, is one way to achieve this.Bryn Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006456914463202223noreply@blogger.com