How did you learn you current stacks?

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?

What makes one to become an expert in a given stack?

*More questions may come.

Telling us this will improve the learning capability of the newbies.

Not yet an expert lemmme wait for 'em to come!

Lemme wait for the experts...I'm still learning.

Disclosure: I'm still on intermediate level. I learn mostly by picking a reading pdfs and reading docs. I rarely use video tutorials.

VenantCode:
Disclosure: I'm still on intermediate level. I learn mostly by picking a reading pdfs and reading docs. I rarely use video tutorials.

Usinq both but there's nothing like practicing as you're learning..

VenantCode:
Disclosure: I'm still on intermediate level. I learn mostly by picking a reading pdfs and reading docs. I rarely use video tutorials.

How did you learn you current stacks?

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?

What makes one to become an intermediate in a given stack?

FrankLampard:


How did you learn you current stacks?

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?

What makes one to become an intermediate in a given stack?

what i do is that i pick an idea for a project and then learn all i need for that project. I don't just pick anything to learn without having a need for it. For example what i am currently using to learn NodeJs is to build a livestreaming webapp(which will soon be opensourced). I learn mostly just from Tutorials, Documentation and studing opensource projects. Study and build using good practises.

PDF files do the magic for me. I still consider my self a beginner sha, with a little of documentation and web resources, esp w3schools.

I create problems for myself or try to solve some existing one, or try to improve a pre-existing code. When the need comes to learn some advanced stuffs, I do. When I see some codes pros write and I understand it or can make it better, I rank myself higher.

anything readable from online to pdf

VenantCode:
what i do is that i pick an idea for a project and then learn all i need for that project. I don't just pick anything to learn without having a need for it. For example what i am currently using to learn NodeJs is to build a livestreaming webapp(which will soon be opensourced). I learn mostly just from Tutorials, Documentation and studing opensource projects. Study and build using good practises.

Thanks for your response.

What are the criteria to say you are an intermediate?

FrankLampard:


Thanks for your response.

What are the criteria to say you are an intermediate?

Contribute to opensource projects. Able to successfully build apps of a median complexity from scratch to finish using good practises.

I was born a programmer. . . .

dhtml18:
I was born a programmer. . . .

Hahahahahahaahahahahahaha...i was not born a programmer but I want to be a born again...

dhtml18:
I was born a programmer. . . .

How did you learn you current stacks?

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?

What makes one to become an expert in a given stack?

How many Project Euler question have you solved?

I read all books I could lay my hands on. I dislike video tutorials with a passion, i think it is too slow. I read books with almost the same speed as superman.
When i attack any language, I am very consistent with it before moving on to the next.

dhtml18:
I read all books I could lay my hands on. I dislike video tutorials with a passion, i think it is too slow. I read books with almost the same speed as superman.
When i attack any language, I am very consistent with it before moving on to the next.

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?

What makes one to become an expert in a given stack?

How many Project Euler questions have you solved

In my earliest days of learning to program, I'd download PDFs and read and practiced.
Most of these days now, I majorly use documentation and online tutorials as I now have internet readily available (at least a 95% availability)

I like details, but I always feel videos are not usually well detailed so I hardly use videos (except in some rare instances)

Hi Guys, I Need A Developer For My Projects.

FrankLampard:

How do you learn new concepts? Tutorials or Documentation or more?
What makes one to become an expert in a given stack?
How many Project Euler questions have you solved

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Codenister:
In my earliest days of learning to program, I'd download PDFs and read and practiced.
Most of these days now, I majorly use documentation and online tutorials as I now have internet readily available (at least a 95% availability)

I like details, but I always feel videos are not usually well detailed so I hardly use videos (except in some rare instances)

Are you a senior, intermediate or junior developer, if any? What makes you think so? How did you achieve it? How long did it take you?

What about you @op tell us about yourself.

Curiosity and hard-work got me where I am and will take me further. I learnt from a lot of videos, books and apps. I always want to know why something works the way it works, I always picture scenarios, work-flows and basic algorithms in my head so by the time I get to the Laptop, and I've got a problem I attack it with a bulls horn, I don't give up easily..you that are reading this, yes YOU... Don't give up, you may not know this but there are people waiting for you to fail/give up... When I learnt PHP, at first, my code never exceeded the if...else...echo logic but I was able to get the best out of it and now I have not only built for the web with PHP, I have also written CLI scripts and daemons with the language (not the right tool tho).

And I'm always ready and happy to preach the knowledge to people as Christians evangelize and win developers.

For those that are on Quora and need answers, I remain @DanielTheGeek

VenantCode:
What about you @op tell us about yourself.

I don't know the category I will place myself that is why I asking.

I'm presently without job, doing freelancing, but the economic crunch is not helping matters.

I have solved 20+ Project Euler questions (Not Sure, I will check). Done few project, not online tho.

Off course, I'm a fan of Design Patterns, I keep security and performance in mind when developing.

I am presently looking for any opportunity.

FrankLampard:


I don't know the category I will place myself that is why I asking.

I'm presently without job, doing freelancing, but the economic crunch is not helping matters.

I have solved 20+ Project Euler questions (Not Sure, I will check). Done few project, not online tho.

Off course, I'm a fan of Design Patterns, I keep security and performance in mind when developing.

I am presently looking for any opportunity.

That's nice. What design patterns do you use?

VenantCode:
That's nice. What design patterns do you use?

Depends on what I'm working on. Generally I use Algorithmic Strategy, when designing an Application.

FrankLampard:


Depends on what I'm working on. Generally I use Algorithmic Strategy, when designing an Application.

Do you develop api's (restful webservices)?

dhtml18:

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Hahahha, I laugh when I saw your response to his questions.

The way he dey ask like say he is bot.You come answer am like say you ma na machine.

FrankLampard:


Are you a senior, intermediate or junior developer, if any? What makes you think so? How did you achieve it? How long did it take you?

I'm not exactly sure where to categorize myself, but I believe i lean more towards the intermediate level.

Looking back now, it's been 4 years since I started.
I started with the normal html CSS. Tried learning JavaScript but I didn't understand a thing.
Then picked up PHP and I found it easier. Added MySQL after a few months. I got so confused at a point because I wanted to learn almost all languages available (you can't blame me, I was juvenile). Tried Perl, lisp, Java, Python, but I "ran away" when I no get am.

I had almost a year break from active programming due to the fact that I had no PC anymore but my early 2015 I resumed again, now with a bang. Started learning Python and it just seemed to click. Wrote a couple of "cool apps", and I even taught Python to people.
By mid 2015, picked up Java as well, and it seemed so easy.

And then a number of web projects came in and I had to use php again, so i did some revision and boom, I am now more of a web guy.
Now I can comfortably say I can write Java, Python, php amd JavaScript, and maybe html and CSS .
In conclusion, it took me 4 years to get to this stage

Codenister:

I'm not exactly sure where to categorize myself, but I believe i lean more towards the intermediate level.

Looking back now, it's been 4 years since I started.
I started with the normal html CSS. Tried learning JavaScript but I didn't understand a thing.
Then picked up PHP and I found it easier. Added MySQL after a few months. I got so confused at a point because I wanted to learn almost all languages available (you can't blame me, I was juvenile). Tried Perl, lisp, Java, Python, but I "ran away" when I no get am.

I had almost a year break from active programming due to the fact that I had no PC anymore but my early 2015 I resumed again, now with a bang. Started learning Python and it just seemed to click. Wrote a couple of "cool apps", and I even taught Python to people.
By mid 2015, picked up Java as well, and it seemed so easy.

And then a number of web projects came in and I had to use php again, so i did some revision and boom, I am now more of a web guy.
Now I can comfortably say I can write Java, Python, php amd JavaScript, and maybe html and CSS .
In conclusion, it took me 4 years to get to this stage

Nice one. Well detailed.


Have you delve into competitive programming before?

VenantCode:
Do you develop api's (restful webservices)?

Yes sure, I recently collaborated in building a School Portal, so I was given the task of creating the Rest for the Web Platform. I started writing the REST with Phalcon, but some requirements was changed, so I switched to Laravel.

For me developing RESTful API is more simpler than otherwise.

I have also developed, RESTful services too with Spring Framework, but not on a serious note.

FrankLampard:


Yes sure, I recently collaborated in building a School Portal, so I was given the task of creating the Rest for the Web Platform. I started writing the REST with Phalcon, but some requirements was changed, so I switched to Laravel.

For me developing RESTful API is more simpler than otherwise.

I have also developed, RESTful services too with Spring Framework, but not on a serious note.

That's cool. You're also good yourself. Keep it up. In btw Have you participated in google codejam or topcoders competition before.

VenantCode:
That's cool. You're also good yourself. Keep it up. In btw Have you participated in google codejam or topcoders competition before.

TopCoder, but I haven't tried CodeJam