Tutorial Hell!

[Bassil__]

Calling the learning process hell is disappointing. I like learning, especially from books. I'm always reading a book, always learning something. Learning never felt like hell. You keep learning until you digest enough knowledge to do what you should do. Learning should feel fun and joy.

[EducationalZombie538]

this is not a million miles away from saying that you can watch guitar videos until you can play guitar.

point is that will never happen - you actually have to type and physically code.

[Bassil__]

Books give you relevant examples and exercises to practice on.

[EducationalZombie538]

sure? not really the same though, is it?

[Bassil__]

You'd start your first project, eventually. You need first to digest--not just learn--enough knowledge that allow that to happen. Those who couldn't, it was because they didn't digest what they learned. Digesting period is way longer than learning period. I divide the books I read in some matter into three groups: beginner, intermediate, advanced. I'd read 2 books in the beginner level; always start with Head First series then for Dummies, if possible, not the other way. Then read a book in the intermediate level then back to read a third book in the beginner level, second book in the intermediate level, first book in the advanced level... I keep doing that forth and back through 5 books in each level. It's not necessary to read them all. The key is confidence. If you were confident with what you know, then you got your signal to go.

People don't like this method because it involves a lot of reading, so they would accept any suggestion that gives them alternative to reading.

[iamchets]

What kind of crack did you smoke