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Google Keywords When I Learn Programming

Sometimes you can not wrap your head around concepts from official doc when you just wanna try it out.

Sometimes you are confused when people are engaged in lively conversations in the post or comments.

Sometimes you google a topic and jargon pops up one after another.

Isn't there a simplified version of page where author talk with you, not explaining something with terminology from another world?

Seeking answers, I've been collecting these keywords whenever I wanna learn something without fuss.

Note that we can understand concepts more deeply in official doc after we grasp basics of them. So official doc is pretty important. After all, some docs are also awesome for us to learn something quickly.

p.s. Following list is not limited to programming.

Get an overview of a subject to get your feet wet

  • basics
  • introduction
  • starter/beginner
    • get started in xxx
  • learn xxx in x minutes
  • learn xxx the right way
  • glossary/terminology
  • ipynb/notebook
  • hello world

Learn a concept quickly

  • explained
  • understand
  • ⭐eli5
    • Reddit has many eli5-related threads. So does dev.to!
  • visualize
    • If you struggle to understand git commands, you can learn it visually.
    • There is an awesome project for algorithm visualization.
  • layman
  • ⭐gist

Miscellaneous

  • curated
  • best practices
  • project
  • hands-on
  • hand book
  • hitchhiker
  • intuitive
  • roadmap
  • guide
  • ⭐blog
    • There are a ton of personal blogs waiting for you to find!
  • ⭐101
  • ⭐cheatsheet
    • You can revise something quickly with cheatsheet.
  • step by step
  • end to end
  • from scratch
  • template
  • boilerplate
  • review
  • crash course
  • infographic
  • snippets
  • kit

bonus-tips

  • Check out image tab in google search results to visualize something.
  • Make sure you know exactly what are you gonna search for before you dive into a concept.
  • ⭐Type thank, work, or solve in CTRL+F input field in a community question thread.
    • save my day
    • awesome
  • kaggle and datacamp is awesome places to find nice tutorials for data science.
  • ⭐xxx site:github.io

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