Yeap I like this idea. Just watching videos with lots of shortcuts gets old real quick. Good luck and let us know how it goes, I'm curious how it works out.
On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: > This is what I've been trying to do this past week. Yeah I reckon I must > be bombarding her - I'll ease up a bit. > > Thanks > > > On 19 July 2016 at 16:16, DotNet Dude <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I'd prioritise the most productive tools/keystrokes in terms of >> productivity and have her do some pair programming. You or someone else who >> sits with her can occasionally ask her to use some shortcuts. Just don't >> bombard her with shortcuts as she won't absorb them. One or two per pair >> session should help a lot. >> >> On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> Guys I wonder if I can ask for some advice please. >>> >>> I'm currently leading a project with a developer who originally came >>> from a Delphi background but has been using visual studio (C++ and C#) for >>> a few years now. However I'm finding that she doesn't seem to have much >>> experience of many of the productivity features available in modern tools >>> like visual studio, or the OS or office for instance. >>> >>> >>> By these I mean even simple things like autoformating, intellisense >>> (well some), keystrokes to comment/uncomment, snippets, or refactoring for >>> instance. I even had to teach her to do auto build on starting execution >>> (PF5 etc), or to use the keyboard to save or build. Things like resharper >>> are a pipe dream it seems. I felt as though I was doing magic incantations >>> when I started writing some unit tests... Nearly everything she does is >>> sort of 'most manual way possible" it sometimes seems. >>> >>> Now generally I'm happy to let other do it their way but I find that her >>> productivity is very low and I'm thinking part of it might be this factor. >>> I know we all have different styles, and I'm far from dictating other use >>> my style however I do feel that a modern developer should be aware of the >>> capabilities of their development environments. If her productivity was OK >>> I wouldn't care how she used whatever tool. >>> >>> What I'd like to do is encourage her to do some directed training that >>> would help her productivity and thus personal development. I've tried >>> putting together some Pluralsight (it's paid for by our employers so it's >>> always there) playlists for her, but I get the "I did some of the training, >>> and then stopped to get some work done". I've been more than happy for her >>> to actually do the courses lowering the workload for this reason. >>> >>> I'd really like her to get the best out of her tools and not be >>> hamstrung. Can anyone with experience of this kind of thing tell how how >>> perhaps I could approach this in a more positive way please? >>> >>> Preet. >>> >> >
