There's a really good one for Python but couldn't find it.
I like those tutorials because they explain the high-level vision of the language with low-level syntax and practical stuff. Once I "get" a language, it's easier for me to just look up what I'm missing when I need it.
I usually do:
1. Read quick tutorial
2. Hack something and read about stuff specific stuff to finish my "hack project".
3. Real an exhaustive book from cover to cover. (But skimming over useless
sections or anything that I already know.)
4. Work on a real project.
And in term of "hacking something", I usually create an IRC bot. Why? Mostly because it brings great memory as it's how I learned to develop when I was a kid. But also because it's very practical. You need to work with existing libraries to manipulate strings and sockets while doing non-trivial stuff. I used to know the IRC protocol by heart so I just had to focus on the syntax of the language.
Example: http://ycombinator.com/arc/tut.txt
There's a really good one for Python but couldn't find it.
I like those tutorials because they explain the high-level vision of the language with low-level syntax and practical stuff. Once I "get" a language, it's easier for me to just look up what I'm missing when I need it.
I usually do:
And in term of "hacking something", I usually create an IRC bot. Why? Mostly because it brings great memory as it's how I learned to develop when I was a kid. But also because it's very practical. You need to work with existing libraries to manipulate strings and sockets while doing non-trivial stuff. I used to know the IRC protocol by heart so I just had to focus on the syntax of the language.