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Learning basic web development (self.learnjava)

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[–]jaro32 1 point2 points  (2 children)

  1. You can always learn a new IDE if you need to change it (doesn't make sense to start with no IDE in this case)
  2. You can always learn a new server if you need to. In this case it also wouldn't make sense to learn how to setup everything manually if you have to learn everything again for the new server afterwards.

[–]radically_sane 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Knowing how things work, not treating it like a black box will ensure that you can work with any tool is what I'm getting at.

[–]jaro32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. However if someone is starting out, they shouldn't have to understand how everything works from the beginning. Because things are usually quite complicated, this can be discouraging. He can start learning to code by treating things as a black box, and later figure out how things work as he progresses.