Typically when trying to learn a new language, I do the following: * Go through any of the main tutorials or walkthroughs to get a basic understanding. * Have

Typically when trying to learn a new language, I do the following: * Go through any of the main tutorials or walkthroughs to get a basic understanding. * Have a read of the API docs. * Gain an understanding of concurrency, bounds checking and memory management by writing simple apps to test each. * Write a program to execute another program * Write a program to access core system info (e.g. registry etc.) * Write a program that uses sockets or network connectivity (normally a client and server)