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This is the most useful introduction to a language I have ever read. Often language introductions produce a "Wall of Complexity" and I failed in my last two att

This is the most useful introduction to a language I have ever read. Often language introductions produce a "Wall of Complexity" and I failed in my last two attempts learning Rust failed because of that. This is just great. Be warned, the "half hour" part is probably a bit like "99 cents" as a price tag. I've already spent more than that, but it is time well spent. Thanks for writing this!

galfarragem 7y ago
You might like this: https://learnxinyminutes.com https://learnxinyminutes.com
- spectramax 7y ago
  I use this website as the most effective cheatsheet ever. Forget about PDFs and all these things people put together. Pretty much every programming language is on LearnXinYMinutes and it is like a standardized cheatsheet across all languages. Brilliant, so brilliant!
- nobleach 7y ago
  I also like Derek Banas videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRXb5dUK4cvsHbx-rGzSgw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRXb5dUK4cvsHbx-rGzSgw) for this same quality. He doesn't do many "deep dives" into the languages, but he does a fantastic job getting your feet wet with very common tasks... much like these learnxinyminutes pages do.
- da-x 7y ago
  I wish this could be extended to "Learn X in Y minutes coming from already knowing Z". However this (X,Z) matrix is hard to maintain...
chris_st 7y ago
I agree, this is a great page. I failed to make it through the Rust book in (I think) 2017, and kind of hated it; I made it through easily in 2019 and enjoyed it... the book has improved that much. Oh, and the compiler error messages are better, too, which helps enormously.
canada_dry 7y ago
I agree. Reminded me of this quick start for pandas that got me quickly up-and-running! https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/getting_started/10min.html https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/getting_started...
webew 7y ago
> This is the most useful introduction to a language I have ever read. Often language introductions produce a "Wall of Complexity" and I failed in my last two attempts learning Rust failed because of that. This is just great. > Be warned, the "half hour" part is probably a bit like "99 cents" as a price tag. I've already spent more than that, but it is time well spent. > Thanks for writing this!
- webew 7y ago
  whoops, sorry.

galfarragem 7y ago

You might like this: https://learnxinyminutes.com https://learnxinyminutes.com

spectramax 7y ago
I use this website as the most effective cheatsheet ever. Forget about PDFs and all these things people put together. Pretty much every programming language is on LearnXinYMinutes and it is like a standardized cheatsheet across all languages. Brilliant, so brilliant!
nobleach 7y ago
I also like Derek Banas videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRXb5dUK4cvsHbx-rGzSgw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRXb5dUK4cvsHbx-rGzSgw) for this same quality. He doesn't do many "deep dives" into the languages, but he does a fantastic job getting your feet wet with very common tasks... much like these learnxinyminutes pages do.
da-x 7y ago
I wish this could be extended to "Learn X in Y minutes coming from already knowing Z". However this (X,Z) matrix is hard to maintain...

chris_st 7y ago

I agree, this is a great page. I failed to make it through the Rust book in (I think) 2017, and kind of hated it; I made it through easily in 2019 and enjoyed it... the book has improved that much. Oh, and the compiler error messages are better, too, which helps enormously.

canada_dry 7y ago

I agree. Reminded me of this quick start for pandas that got me quickly up-and-running! https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/getting_started/10min.html https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/getting_started...

webew 7y ago

> This is the most useful introduction to a language I have ever read. Often language introductions produce a "Wall of Complexity" and I failed in my last two attempts learning Rust failed because of that. This is just great. > Be warned, the "half hour" part is probably a bit like "99 cents" as a price tag. I've already spent more than that, but it is time well spent. > Thanks for writing this!

webew 7y ago
whoops, sorry.