Regardless of tenure, learning a new language is akin to climbing a new mountain. There are new challenges, unfamiliar domains and a whole communit...
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Nice article! I’d suggest to add „debugging“ - I always regret if doing it too late..
^ Oops! This is such a really important point and a big missed opportunity in the article 😰
For anyone that makes it down here in the comments, definitely add in a place to learn effective debugging!
Very good shout! Thanks!
I ended up adding a quick shout out about this at the bottom of the article! Yew!
Great summary Dennis! I think folks trying to pick up a new language can easily get overwhelmed initially. Documentation can ease some of this burden but it can also make it worse as well depending on the language.
I think creating is the best method of learning for me. I love the idea of building easy to use CLIs in a new language as I really think that a CLI can cover that 20% of a language that your likely going to use everyday.
Yep totally get this! Maybe I was remembering the Rose-coloured memories when writing the part about the docs.
I’ve definitely had my fair share of moments being overwhelmed by the documentation for some languages when trying to get into it too early in the journey.
This is very well written.
Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks
There are two languages I genuinely do think can do so much for you, but I’ll get to that at the end.
Did you get to that in the end or did i miss something important ?
Oh, you are absolutely right! I'll update the ending of the post now but those two languages are JavaScript and Python.
Great article!
Very well written. just for fun, instead of becoming dangerous, it could have been, how to make any prog language lovable or a friend.😊
Ahhh, good point! From now on, I will start using adjectives with more positive connotations in the title 😊
This is very well written and useful.