He basically hit the nail on the head. The short version I always tell people is "Read a book, do the exercises, then code something with the docs, google and S

He basically hit the nail on the head. The short version I always tell people is "Read a book, do the exercises, then code something with the docs, google and SO on the side. Repeat until you don't need SO and the docs that much anymore, but never be ashamed to use them". As far as I can tell, this, or some variation on this, is the only real way to code.