What is the best way to learn Touch Typing?

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How do I improve my Typing Skills?.**

I tried the test on http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/. I reach only:

You type 337 characters per minute You
have 58 correct words and you have 1
wrong words

How can I improve my typing speed? What free resources do you know of?

Should I learn the Dvorak Keyboard?

Solution 1

Practice is the best way to get faster. I've found TypeRacer to be a fun and easily accessible game. Using it I quickly got from around 55 words per minute to over 70.

Solution 2

I removed all of the key caps from my IBM Model-M. Since I can't see the letters, I was forced to learn their positions and type without looking at the keys other than to initially orient my hands. When you're not able to take shortcuts, you tend to learn very quickly.

Solution 3

Mario taught me.

Solution 4

I also took the test and reached 371 characters with one mistake. However, for programming, I would not see this as a bad result. I'm more worried about how to use tools like Intellisense and code templates better to speed up my coding. The jedi coding demo shows that you can get much higher gains that way than by doubling your typing speed.

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[RedGlyph]

Link provided from which this is supposedly a duplicate is non-existent.

[dzezzz]

For learning of touch typing on qwerty I recommend touchtyping.guru where an algorithm helps you to learn

[Martin K.]

Nice to know! But I'll learn it for German/English language, not programming. Maybe software developers should learn a absolut different Style? You're right, Programming isn't typing speed related. I talk a lot on MSN/IRC/ICQ, so fast writing may be very good.

[Emily Laguna]

Whoa, totally forgot about this. Brings back memories.

[Dzung Nguyen]

yes, it's really fun and addictive sometimes :)