Do I need to memorize everything?

Question

Do you guys memorize everything (as in being able to write everything down on a whiteboard) or is it good enough to just know what to copy and paste?

Answer 1

Definitely not.
If you know what do you need for executing a task and where to find it, then you are fine.
What you need to memorize is the logical thinking, but this is not something you memorize. You just learn and knows how to think logically.

Answer 2

Yep we need to understand everything then code, if I memorized I forgot after period of time.. 😅😅

Answer 3

Developing problem solving and logical skills will help you in the long run compared to just memorizing everything.

Although copy pasting something is useful at times, it is important that you understand how the code works before doing it. If you don't understand it and you encounter a bug later, you will have a hard time finding the bug if you don't understand how your own code works.