median minnow
i wanted to ask a pretty general question, how do you learn a language? I was making a go project to learn it recently when I realized that I wasn't actually learning the language, i was just hacking together a solution from google based on my previous knowledge of python. It feels like "oh i would use a class here in python, so how do you define a class in go" which doesn't actually teach me anything
so how exactly do i get past this and actually learn the lang?
worthy galleon
there's no right or wrong way to "learn" something
here by googling, you studied what you found, and remembers it
therefore you are learning
unique sierra
That is teaching you something, learning builds off things you already know
median minnow
my only issue is that it just feels kind of "off setting" doing this. Like I am pretty happy that I am able to write "pythonic code" and or know best practices / multiple ways of achieving one problem
When I take the hacky approach, not just with golang but other languages, I just go by what google and my logic tells me, i dont think to myself "but is this the best way of doing this"
unique sierra
That’s just a matter of time and more learning, you never start a language knowing all the best practices
median minnow
so should I just continue what I was doing? or actually take the time and sit through a "learn go as a beginner" tutorial?
unique sierra
go tour, and then reading effective go and such
median minnow
got it, I never did those and kinda just dived into making small projects
probably could be the reason for my feeling
thanks!
worthy galleon
because IMO learning stuff that actually useful to you in the current moment is the most useful way to learn
you arent just remembering list of stuff to remember for you dont even have a clear usecase yet for
just go with the basics tour then effective go(like recommended)
after that you basically have a solid foundation to venture where you want to and pick up stuff that's useful for your domain
median minnow
ahh that makes more sense, its best to learn what i need than everything that may include what i don't need
median minnow
just go with the basics tour then effective go(like recommended)
after that you ...
sounds like a plan!
thanks
worthy galleon
the go tour should touch on most of the major language concepts so you at least know what's "available" to use
like knowing what's in the toolbox so you know what you need to learn more on, for what cases
median minnow
yeah like have a general knowledge about stuff