{"id":5075,"date":"2017-03-24T14:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/?p=5075"},"modified":"2017-03-29T08:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:11:41","slug":"how-to-learn-a-new-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2017\/how-to-learn-a-new-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Learn a New Programming Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let me start with the conclusion:<\/p>\n

When learning a programming language, you are going to make many mistakes – it’s normal that your code won’t work the first few times. That said, the key to learning code, is to write code as soon as possible, and as often as possible. <\/p>\n

… Even if the code you are writing, does not make sense to you at the time. <\/p>\n

The anxiety when learning something new<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was recently reminded of the anxiety most people experience when learning something new. Case in point, though I’ve been creating videos for many years, I always just used the camera’s automatic settings. I didn’t really know much about my equipment. <\/p>\n

A little while ago, I decided that I wanted to do more, and so I ventured into more advanced functions like:<\/p>\n