> If you have to stackoverflow every single line of code that you are attempting to write all the way down to each individual print statement and array access
Then you may be a perfectly adequate programmer. This, what, doubles the length of time it takes to type out the program? Triples? Typing out the program is not what takes the time!
I've just spent a couple of days writing a plugin in a language I don't know. (The system documentation spends two paragraphs explaining how hard it is to solve the problem I solved.) Yes, I had to look up absolutely everything (including basic language syntax – repeatedly), and that was really annoying, but most of my time and effort went into figuring out how to do the thing.
Then you may be a perfectly adequate programmer. This, what, doubles the length of time it takes to type out the program? Triples? Typing out the program is not what takes the time!
I've just spent a couple of days writing a plugin in a language I don't know. (The system documentation spends two paragraphs explaining how hard it is to solve the problem I solved.) Yes, I had to look up absolutely everything (including basic language syntax – repeatedly), and that was really annoying, but most of my time and effort went into figuring out how to do the thing.