First thing I do is look up that language on stackoverflow. There is an info tab which is generally filled out with a ton of resources for that language, for e

First thing I do is look up that language on stackoverflow. There is an info tab which is generally filled out with a ton of resources for that language, for example: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/go/info https://stackoverflow.com/tags/go/info Then I pick a simple project that will teach me both the basics and use whatever it is I'm interested in with that particular language. Additionally, I start a new repo with code snippets. When I need to learn something I write a simple program with an example of it and maybe some variations. So I might have a file named equal.rb and compare equality with ==, eq, nils, "", etc... This helps me learn a specific aspect and later becomes my reference when I say "I know I did this before", it's a lot easier to find in my repo than find a location in a book and remember.