I guess the main alternatives are: 1. Working it out for yourself 2. Reading a book 3. Asking a friend [EDIT] I'm not really joking, I started programming i

I guess the main alternatives are: 1. Working it out for yourself 2. Reading a book 3. Asking a friend [EDIT] I'm not really joking, I started programming in the 80s as a kid reading stuff like this as the only book http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/VIC-20%20User's%20Manual.pdf http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/VIC-20%20User's... Then when I started working mid-90s there were cases and cases of books about Oracle products, Reporting tools, Unix, Windows, and C and Visual Basic programming all around the office! Getting to know the people that could answer questions in real life or on the phone became pretty useful!