Comments on: Quickly Master A New Language in 8 Easy Steps http://blog.terabell.com/33/software/quickly-master-a-new-language-in-8-easy-steps/ Writings from a Brisbane Programmer, Future Lawyer, Keen Historian and avid web surfer Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Andrew Bell http://blog.terabell.com/33/software/quickly-master-a-new-language-in-8-easy-steps/#comment-719 Andrew Bell Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:28:43 +0000 http://blog.terabell.com/33/software/quickly-master-a-new-language-in-8-easy-steps/#comment-719 Hi Java Guy, I agree completely, to become an expert you need to go beyond the basics, you need to explore things that people have not tried before and to come up with solutions to the bugs and subtleties of the language. I have also found that for personal tasks, where you are learning for fun it is much harder to get an expert knowledge, compared to when someone is paying you to do things that you would not even dream of yourself and there are deadlines to get it done. I would find it very hard to isolate how to go through that process of becoming an expert and I suspect that it differs from person to person. However - above, the steps should indicate how to get familiar enough with the language that you can start on the large project so your work is focused on what you want to achieve rather than how you are going to start going about it. Hi Java Guy, I agree completely, to become an expert you need to go beyond the basics, you need to explore things that people have not tried before and to come up with solutions to the bugs and subtleties of the language. I have also found that for personal tasks, where you are learning for fun it is much harder to get an expert knowledge, compared to when someone is paying you to do things that you would not even dream of yourself and there are deadlines to get it done.

I would find it very hard to isolate how to go through that process of becoming an expert and I suspect that it differs from person to person. However - above, the steps should indicate how to get familiar enough with the language that you can start on the large project so your work is focused on what you want to achieve rather than how you are going to start going about it.

]]> By: Java Guy http://blog.terabell.com/33/software/quickly-master-a-new-language-in-8-easy-steps/#comment-710 Java Guy Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:37:22 +0000 http://blog.terabell.com/33/software/quickly-master-a-new-language-in-8-easy-steps/#comment-710 I find the "slow down" very important. You need to give sometime before the programming language ideas settle in you! I have been trying learn Ruby for sometime and looking back, I did almost the same steps you have given. If you want to become an expert in a language, the best way is to tackle a complex project, one which is more complex than just calculating "factorial"! :-) I find the “slow down” very important. You need to give sometime before the programming language ideas settle in you!

I have been trying learn Ruby for sometime and looking back, I did almost the same steps you have given.

If you want to become an expert in a language, the best way is to tackle a complex project, one which is more complex than just calculating “factorial”! :-)

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