1. Read a few tutorials and just start using the stuff relying on Stack Overflow, blogs, etc 2. After a couple of months, get a good book on it and read it cov

1. Read a few tutorials and just start using the stuff relying on Stack Overflow, blogs, etc 2. After a couple of months, get a good book on it and read it cover to cover. Make a list of useful things 3. Keep using the stuff, apply the list 4. After another few months, go through all the reference docs, make a new list of useful things 5. In rare cases, continue this process by reading all of the source code Repeat for all other stuffs until end of career.