Data structures and algorithms are still the fundamental part. The rest is just API and a way of communicating those ideas. Rarely the problem is learning the

Data structures and algorithms are still the fundamental part. The rest is just API and a way of communicating those ideas. Rarely the problem is learning the language/editor/environment but learning how to think. The discomfort with language/editor/environment... is just your brain learning something new. I guess it comes back to not blaming the tools.