I like to start with live coding exercises, think Exercism[0] or Codewars[1], to get a good sense of the syntax and utilities and then do an actual project with

I like to start with live coding exercises, think Exercism[0] or Codewars[1], to get a good sense of the syntax and utilities and then do an actual project with real documentation on the side. Tutorials just don't cut it for me, they never have. It's just a grueling format and it does nothing but put me off the tech I'm looking at. [0]: https://exercism.org https://exercism.org [1]: https://www.codewars.com https://www.codewars.com