I was thinking the other day how many different resources are out there to help someone learn software development. There's something to appeal to almost every style:
- Books
- Reference docs
- Articles
- Webcasts
- Podcasts
- Virtual labs
- Newsgroups, discussion forums
- Live Events
- Professional Groups
- Blogs
- Training (class room setting)
- Sample code - quickstarts
- Sample code - real projects
- Tutorials & Walkthroughs
- Local class at community college
- Bachelors or Master’s degree
- Teaching others (forces you to learn it)
- Write your own blog
- Personal pet projects
- Open source projects
- Your coworkers. A physically present person, who can look at your machine environment, can be the best way to learn.
- Private tutor – perhaps for introductory topics where such tutors are much more abundant.
- Certification
Any others that you've personally found helpful?
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