# Typing practice

**URL:** <https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-practice/269>\
**Category:** Typing & Ergonomics\
**Created:** [July 23, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-practice/269 "2017-07-23T06:52:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chughes87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@chughes87](https://community.keyboard.io/u/chughes87)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-practice/269/1 "2017-07-23T06:52:55Z")

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Hey all! I just got my model 01 in the mail yesterday! I’ve been playing around with different typing practice apps and found one that I wanted to share: [typing.io](http://typing.io) is a typing training site for programmers. I guess not all of us are software professionals here, but I’m guessing most of us are. You have to sign in with your google account to use it which is a little suspect, but I’ve been enjoying it.

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**Author:** ![bagels](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/bagels/32/1040_2.png) [@bagels](https://community.keyboard.io/u/bagels)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-practice/269/2 "2017-07-30T05:34:37Z")

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In general, I like the idea. However, it makes me type a lot of stuff that I really wouldn’t be typing otherwise, as my IDE autocompletes most of the boilerplate code. I also didn’t agree with the coding style that it was enforcing for some of the open source projects it was using as templates.

Personally, for me, I am going to just use the keyboard for a few hours a day writing new code, and will switch back when I need to for productivity. I like the idea, but I think that just typing real code, for me, will be a better way to learn. That’s what I had to do on my ergodox when I built that. I was terrible for a few weeks, but caught up and eventually surpassed my old speed. I am expecting something similar to happen here.

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**Author:** ![arley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/arley/32/56_2.png) [@arley](https://community.keyboard.io/u/arley)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-practice/269/3 "2017-08-09T18:19:07Z")

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A friend learning Colemak just played through [http://www.epistorygame.com/](http://www.epistorygame.com/) on the weekend and highly recommended it. When my Model 01 arrives I plan on checking it out.

When I learned Colemak a couple years ago I practiced for hours with this: [rle.me/colemak](http://rle.me/colemak) - a simple image of the keyboard, and a text area. It gives a reference without having to look at the keyboard, just eyes on the screen!