Instructors used to spend weeks on syntax. Now a student can produce a working app on day one and spend the term learning why it breaks. The shift worries some educators and delights others, but almost nobody is teaching the old way.
Reading code is the new writing code
Review skills matter more when a machine produces the first draft. Several programmes now grade students on finding defects in generated code rather than on writing it from scratch. Employers say that maps better to the actual job.
Key takeaways
- Curricula are shifting from syntax to code review
- Students ship working projects far earlier
- Debugging generated code is a graded skill
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