How to Learn Any Programming Language
Learning Programming Language might seems as hard as it sounds. But in reality, It’s just a Language used for communication between Humans and Electronic Devices.
Compared to Humans Communication languages, Programming Languages have bit more rules, vocabulary/syntax, and Structured pattern.
In this Article, I will discuss about 5 steps, I follow when I’m learning New Programming Language and Highly recommend you to Follow if you fall on to this category.
TL:DR ;
Learn Basics of Programming Language(if you’re Newbie)
Take a look on Language Documentation briefly
Gather best resources like websites, YouTube channels, blogs for your learning programming language
Ask your queries in Language online community like Stack Overflow
Consume and Create. I mean learn stuff and share with it world in a way you understand it
That’s our Outline. Let’s Deep Dive Now!
- Learn Basics( For Newbie)
It’s important to know the basics before you dive to the language and crunch their functionalities. Go through the Basics of Programming languages.
If you don’t know where to Start. Feel free to start here → Link
- Take a look at the Documentation
Hardest thing and Best thing to do is Reading Documentation. I’m not saying go for line to line. Just go Heading to Heading, you will get to know what do we have in this Language. Later on, you can check the all things in Documentation did you got the concept/ usage of it(after learning language from different resources).
- Gather Resources
First thing you need to do when you’re not into Documentation is Figuring out “From where you gonna Learn this Language?”.
Search for Best Resources/ YouTube Channel / Medium publication to Learn Some X Language. Or you can directly search “X Language Beginners Tutorial”, your google feed will be filled with Suggestions
Go through some videos and you will get an idea whom to follow or which resources will teach the best
- Follow and Ask Communities
Back in Days, When you have query/Doubt, you go to physical library or Visit Teacher for Doubt session.
Lucky for you, Internet brought you everything in your Figure Tips. They’re Some Great Communities where you can raise your query and get the solution within No Time.
Join in Language Communities like Stack Overflow, Language Subreddit, Follow the Developers who are experienced in the Language
- Consume and Create
I’m pretty sure your here to Consume the Content. But Most People failed to share their Learning experience to World.
What I suggest is Share what you learned to World.
If it is small, share it with Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit Dev Community
If it is Good amount of info to Make Article, don’t hesitate to put out your first article on your new learnings
If it is more than that, Write a Book about all things you learn.
“Everything is Created, after Learning/ understanding it” — Anonymous Dev
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