Though I'm myself an amateur at this, one thing I'd like to add: Learn your IDE!
Learn all the short-cuts that you can - quickly creating new classes,
auto-generating blocks of code like getters / setters, going to last edit
location, switching between windows, etc. Using your IDE with shortcuts
Stanislav,
I completely agree with you!
On Apr 28, 2014 11:53 PM, "Stanislav Zholnin"
wrote:
> That's funny - pan and paper :) Now, I don't generally eat during
> competition. Even snacks they tend to distract more then help. Eat
> something high in proteins and Omega oils 3-4 hours before, then
That's funny - pan and paper :) Now, I don't generally eat during competition.
Even snacks they tend to distract more then help. Eat something high in
proteins and Omega oils 3-4 hours before, then banana or something similar
fifteen minutes before. And don't use pans during the competition :)
Trick behind people solving problems in just 10-15 minutes is easy and
difficult at the same time. To solve problem you need two things:
a) figure out how to solve the problem
b) to code up solution as fast as possible.
(b) part is easier - you just need to train implementing solutions as fast a
There's a book called Competitive Programming that has a lot of tips on how to
prepare for programming contests. It's tailored more to the ICPC than TopCoder
or CodeJam, but seeing that the first edition is free, I recommend it.
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