How to Learn a New Coding Language Fast

http://nettuts.com/articles/10-steps-to-learning-a-new-coding-language-fast/

by adnymarc • 18 years ago

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gruseom• 18 years ago

What's a coding language?

tlrobinson• 18 years ago

It's something you write codes in.

(a pet peeve of mine is when people refer to code as "codes")

gaius• 18 years ago

Old-school mechanical engineers say "codes" when referring to FORTRAN programs.

But in the case of this article I think he means PHP.

cabalamat2• 18 years ago

It's like using "software" as a count noun.

koraybalci• 18 years ago

anyone else felt reading that article was a waste of time? anyone seen any brilliant tip here that will let you learn a language faster than you used to?

ASUmusicMAN• 18 years ago

I see no brilliant tips...in fact, the rush to connect to the DB seemed odd to me. I am all for cookbook type approaches to learning, but this one seems inherently limited in focus. Maybe if I know Python and i'm trying to learn PHP? I'm trying to imagine where that is applicable.

babo• 18 years ago

Even worse, it's misguiding, just try to apply it to say Haskell. Good luck! ;-) Writing code is THE way to go.

brl• 18 years ago

Step 1: Read Peter Norvig's essay about how there is no shortcut to learning how to program. Now your expectations should be tuned to a realistic setting.

Step 2: Read and write code as often as possible.

Step 3: Wait at least 10 years.

Step 2 is the important one. You'll know you're getting close to learning how to program when you don't need a top 10 list to learn the syntax for a new language in a programming paradigm you are already familiar with. You'll only need a quiet long weekend.

windsurfer• 18 years ago

Step 4: ????

Step 5: Profit!

I'll show myself out...

cabalamat2• 18 years ago

Content-free. Boring. Waste of time.

davatk• 18 years ago

Honestly, cheat sheets and the like have never been that useful for me. The only thing that seems to work is to figure out a project and dive in.

How to Learn a New Coding Language Fast

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