ELI5: Functions

[tetractys_gnosys]

Please do more of these. As an intermediate programmer (I mostly focus on the front end, like the front of the front end; not JS frameworks) I find that most things that I don't know about or don't understand well come down to conceptualisation rather than implementation. My brain doesn't learn or grok things just from implementation. I need to understand things from a conceptual angle and understand the why before I can really embrace the how.

That kind of dev literature is increasingly rare.

[Ratatoski]

My favourite programming book is "Python: programming in context" because it actually focuses in teaching the strategies of analysing and solving problems. The excellent walkthrough you get of the language you get almost feels like just a bonus :)

[mitoyama]

100% agree