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Discussion on: Learning new languages

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TuWang • Edited

personally i think the most effective way to adapt a language is to use it on a project - learn by looking at other people's code.

chances are: we'll use 5+ different languages/frameworks for a project - there is just no time to sit down and go through all tutorials.

usually i just google the syntax, learn some tips around it, and move on with it. When come to key functions, if I need to make a judgement on if I'm writing efficient code in certain new language, or when I add unit tests - i'll dive into the api docs.

maybe i'm wrong on doing this - but I kinda no longer dive deep into a specific language anymore (i use to dig deep into Java deep at Amazon)

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Medea

I do a similar thing!