Re:Poll: How do you learn new technologies?
by gyepi on Monday June 24, 2013 @08:29PM
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Most of my learning is from "print".
I always start with the available documentation, coupled with code reading to help me understand certain aspects better. Once I have a good feel for the language, I buy books to help me understand the nuances I may have missed
initially. I usually end up buying books on languages and systems I expect to use a lot. I used oreilly's safari for years, but eventually stopped because I discovered that its available changed my learning style: I browsed more and read less deeply that usual.
I always start with the available documentation, coupled with code reading to help me understand certain aspects better. Once I have a good feel for the language, I buy books to help me understand the nuances I may have missed initially. I usually end up buying books on languages and systems I expect to use a lot. I used oreilly's safari for years, but eventually stopped because I discovered that its available changed my learning style: I browsed more and read less deeply that usual.
No videos but I do use blogs occasionally.