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Find a task you want to accomplish with code and let that guide your learning.

• ZenoArrow 9y ago
  Yes, that's exactly what I'd say too. The number of people who think they need to absorb everything before they write a single line of code is quite high. Forget all that. Write the simplest program you can, even a hello world, and get it to compile and run. Now add or change something, compile and run. Did it work as you thought it would? Then continue. If something went wrong, then Google is your friend. Search for answers, ask other programmers, make notes on the language as you go. Only after you've made a few mistakes, read a book, because you'll have some prior knowledge to give it context and make it stick. That's what works for me anyway.