Books are fine. But they contain just the knowledge of the author(s). The interactive Internet is much better. Just look at the possibilities code wars offers.

Books are fine. But they contain just the knowledge of the author(s). The interactive Internet is much better. Just look at the possibilities code wars offers. And then. It depends on the type of the brain learning. Some learn better watching videos (I can't!), some are learning from guides, cheat sheets (I like) and of course, ask questions if something is unclear. For special topics like building a compiler - domain knowledge - it's better to use a book, though. I used the resources available on the Internet to learn programming. It's, actually, pure logic - that needs to be trained. It can't be done with a book, except it is like "for dummies" and build as a guide