Comments for https://horstmann.com/unblog/2023-12-30/index.html

Hello Cay. I love your Big Java book. It was on my university's reading list for my programming course so I took a look at it was amazing. I wish the professor's had used it on the course instead of just putting it on the reading list for people to look at if they wanted to.
Anyway, I'd love to read your blog and was wondering if you post it on Substack too? It would be cool to get an email with your blog instead of accessing it here because I won't remember to always check here on your website.
Regardless, best of luck with everything. You are the best programming instructor I've ever had.
I have one programming question for you:
Do you use pseudocode when you write programs?
Right now I am diligently following your How-To sections from the Big Java book which means that every time I write a program I make a txt file for problem solving and write a pseudocode program following how-to instructions before translating my pseudocode to Java. Is this normal in a professional setting? I realise it slows me down, but I also catch many bugs and come up with better solutions this way. However, it takes me longer to make a runnable program. But I save time not having to debug as much and actually understanding how my code works. I'm on the array chapter (number 7) and the how to doesn't mention pseudocode anymore. Will they mention it in future? When do you decide to use and not to use pseudocode and loop tracing?
a belated thank you