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blushifted
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« on: May 14, 2008, 09:26:12 PM »

What is the best way to learn a bunch of programming?  I have been programming for about a year and a half (as a hobby after work) and there is still so much to learn.  How do you choose where to spend your time learning?  There are several components just to websites such as flash, html, xml, javascript, php, css, ajax and that is not even taking into consideration the other similar languages that could replace php.  So, how do you do it and still have some sort of social life?  Right now I dont have one and I can tell you this, there are some beers that need to be drunk, some girls that need to be flirted with, and some Grand Theft Auto that needs to be played.  Opinions?
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2008, 03:45:37 AM »

All I can say about that is that I did not learn it all in a day, or even in a few months or a few years.  I figured out pretty quickly that when it comes to programming having on or two languages that you have a very solid foundation in (IE you can program in them in your sleep) made learning or at least getting around in others enough to be useful was the best way to go.

As to what you want to pick to be your 'foundation' language depends a great deal on what you want to ultimately do.  Do you want to be a web designer? An applications developer?  A software engineer?  Is this just for fun and relaxation or do you want to turn it into a career?  When you have the answer to that, you pick a language that is a cornerstone of what you want to be doing and get really good at it, and then you get really good at another one that compliments the one your foundation is based on.  You will soon find that very few people are perfect programmers in all the languages out there.  There are many languages that will allow you to build a good basis but you don't need to have to learn 6 of them so you can write the same program in 6 different languages - you only have to know one to develop what you want to do, if that makes sense. 

You will find, I think, that the more proficient in the one or two you chose to study intensely, that its become easier and easier to read code  in other programming languages and even get to know enough that you start adding those as languages you know.Trying to learn then all at once will just confuse Smile

The first languages I learned, in college, were COBOL and Fortan both of which were quickly falling out of use (except for the Y2K stuff I never used either in the business world).  But I was pretty darned good at both before I graduated and slipped very easily in C because I had a good programming foundation. 

And I was able to do that while having a life too Smile  You don't have to learn it all at once, and you have to realize you can't really learn it all in "28 hours", at least not 28 hours straight Smile  So, find one you want to start with and set reasonable goals, and make time to go flirt with those girls... I am sure they miss you  Happy Happy Joy Joy

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