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[Michael Havens]

 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 <james.dugger at gmail.com>
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
>
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