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Discussion on: How do you combine learning new technologies with practicing what you already know?

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I evaluate new technologies by whether they will further or hinder my research. These are new (to me): MVC, Javascript, Jquery help my research. Entity Framework hinders my research.

I write lots of new stuff in the new technologies that help my research.

I rewrite code using the technologies that hinder my research to use technologies that further my research. So I rewrite Entity Framework code into ADO because ADO is not an obstacle and Entity Framework is.

Either way I learn something about both kinds of technologies.