I know what worked for a 10 year old boy Yea buddy.... let's see if I have the malleable mind of a 10 year old. lol :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:03 PM, James Dugger wrote: > Mike everyone has there own perspective based on the way they learn > things. To some software engineers who read and work in assembly language, > Fortran is fluff. So what really matters is what works for you. I know > what worked for a 10 year old boy when I was struggling to find the best > way to teach him. > > When I look for a book, I go to a bookstore because I want to see the > book. I want to read what the author says about who the book is for. I > want to scan the chapter headings to see if they are logical to me. I flip > through the chapters to see how the author presents concepts. Is the > author's writing style easy for me to read. Is there a lot of technical > terms used that I don't understand? How are the examples built out? Can I > follow them fairly easily. Do the code examples build on a real world use > case with real implementation or does the author use a lot of pseudo-code > or worse functions or methods with "Code goes here..." in lieu of actual > code in the local scope of the function/method. > > The book, video, blog, etc that works for you will approach the subject in > a way that you can understand. So what is most important is knowing how > you learn things and finding the resources that best suit your learning > method. There most likely won't be a single book, video, blog or even > course that will get you to proficiency in any language. While these help > with the foundation, nothing I know beats writing a lot of code and testing > it out. And when you are not writing code you are reading code examples. > Immersing yourself in it is the best way to become fluent. Become familiar > with (bookmark) the official language reference sites. Go there often and > learn to understand and use them. > > -- > James > > *Linkedin * > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >