I didn't crack open a programming book until after college. When I did it was just a big Wrox PHP book because I was trying to figure out something I didn't know how to do even though I'd be working with PHP for 3-4 years already at the time.
Found the thing. Saw another thing on the prior page that I didn't know about which made my entire life easier. Sat down and binge read the entire book.
Ever since, I always read programming books before getting started with a new language or framework because I learned the hard way that it's much better to have a complete understanding to save yourself a lot of unnecessary pain.
Found the thing. Saw another thing on the prior page that I didn't know about which made my entire life easier. Sat down and binge read the entire book.
Ever since, I always read programming books before getting started with a new language or framework because I learned the hard way that it's much better to have a complete understanding to save yourself a lot of unnecessary pain.