Can you clarify the question a bit more, please. For me, at least, learning a language and solving a problem with it are two different things. For example, I c

Can you clarify the question a bit more, please. For me, at least, learning a language and solving a problem with it are two different things. For example, I can solve problems in quite a few languages that I would never claim to know. Many languages share similar syntax and basic properties, so it's not particularly hard to "get things done" in them, provided you know one. By breaking down a large problem into its components -- which will happen automatically if you follow a tdd-like process -- you can tackle each smaller problem in isolation, which might simply be googling for it and copy & pasting the code. (I'm not advocating this as the "right way", just a method to get things going.) But, as I said, is it the language or the problem solving that you feel is the block?