Several years ago, I would ask StackOverFlow questions on esoteric topics like elisp, with the idea that by asking small, well-defined questions, you could ev

Several years ago, I would ask StackOverFlow questions on esoteric topics like elisp, with the idea that by asking small, well-defined questions, you could eventually create enough of a trail that no topic would remain difficult to learn. For example, here are a few I could find: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2170528/writing-hello-world-in-emacs https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2170528/writing-hello-wo... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1541682/lisp-script-to-parse-csv-and-generate-html-table https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1541682/lisp-script-to-p... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2264286/generating-a-quiz-in-emacs-lisp https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2264286/generating-a-qui... While books are great, something more interesting would be a little app window in your editor, where you could type (or ask Cortana, Siri, Google) “How do I declare a set”, “parse csv“, “open file for writing”, etc., and you would see small examples. The language is known by the editor so no need to include it in the query. So, for instance, if I wanted to write an F# program, which I don’t know, I could learn it on the fly. StackOverFlow has the database of knowledge by now. Now, how to get your exact answer, faster? “Siri, how do I round the corners of a view in iOS?”