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Great point. I've been accused to being dogged in the past. Truth be told, it helps to be both focused and determined. @stfu There are two ways you could tr

Great point. I've been accused to being dogged in the past. Truth be told, it helps to be both focused and determined. @stfu There are two ways you could try to go about it: 1) Try sticking to one technology and working on a project you're really passionate about. 2) Work on a tutorial from start to finish.

stfu 15y ago
Thanks for trying to help! 1) This is really difficult. Like I tried getting started with PHP but as soon as potential project ideas became "interesting" I needed to go at least into JavaScript or Databases/MySql. Like for a seemingly simple project that I had in mind (e.g. that took data from a form and generate a pdf file based on that) I needed at least JavaScript to make it a smooth process. 2) I seem to suck there in the "transferring the knowledge" part. One of my most recent ventures is into RapidMiner, an (open source) data mining/text mining software. While I went through each and every tutorial available I am still unable to understand basic issues like when to use certain algorithms or how to adopt the knowledge towards a concrete research idea/problem that I have in mind. But if you have any suggestions for great tutorials feel free to share. I won't stop trying :)
- civilian 15y ago
  Some web frameworks build wrappers for MySQL. That being said... SQL isn't too hard either! Google is your co-pilot, always. This summer I was thrown onto an android project with no experience, no in-company mentors, and I barely remembered how to write java. The first two weeks I just did tutorials. I didn't even try to patch them together to actually make a product-- I just did a dozen tutorials which covered different aspects and left them all in my code folder. When it came to actually building my app, I now had a personalized pool of code to grab from! It really helped to be able to go back and reference it. Also, I think you are not going to be well helped by tutorials. You need a freaking textbook. http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html You are required to do at least 50% of the exercises for each chapter. Furthermore, it is important that you master a single language rather than dabble. Once you understand a single language in&out, it will make it much easier to pick up other ones. (My 'mastery' is in python, and I've picked up java, C#, SQL, javascript.)
gbeeson 15y ago
I have had to grind out many tutorials over the years; helped my immediate focus since there were obvious steps to take towards a goal I wanted to acheive. Nothing says love like getting your feet wet via tuts!

stfu 15y ago

Thanks for trying to help! 1) This is really difficult. Like I tried getting started with PHP but as soon as potential project ideas became "interesting" I needed to go at least into JavaScript or Databases/MySql. Like for a seemingly simple project that I had in mind (e.g. that took data from a form and generate a pdf file based on that) I needed at least JavaScript to make it a smooth process. 2) I seem to suck there in the "transferring the knowledge" part. One of my most recent ventures is into RapidMiner, an (open source) data mining/text mining software. While I went through each and every tutorial available I am still unable to understand basic issues like when to use certain algorithms or how to adopt the knowledge towards a concrete research idea/problem that I have in mind. But if you have any suggestions for great tutorials feel free to share. I won't stop trying :)

civilian 15y ago
Some web frameworks build wrappers for MySQL. That being said... SQL isn't too hard either! Google is your co-pilot, always. This summer I was thrown onto an android project with no experience, no in-company mentors, and I barely remembered how to write java. The first two weeks I just did tutorials. I didn't even try to patch them together to actually make a product-- I just did a dozen tutorials which covered different aspects and left them all in my code folder. When it came to actually building my app, I now had a personalized pool of code to grab from! It really helped to be able to go back and reference it. Also, I think you are not going to be well helped by tutorials. You need a freaking textbook. http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html You are required to do at least 50% of the exercises for each chapter. Furthermore, it is important that you master a single language rather than dabble. Once you understand a single language in&out, it will make it much easier to pick up other ones. (My 'mastery' is in python, and I've picked up java, C#, SQL, javascript.)

gbeeson 15y ago

I have had to grind out many tutorials over the years; helped my immediate focus since there were obvious steps to take towards a goal I wanted to acheive. Nothing says love like getting your feet wet via tuts!