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Learning Process: 4. Do

Last Update: 11.02.2019. By Jens in Newsletter

After we set our reason and scope, researched the topic aka gathered resource, we are ready to dive into the Doing step.

Learning Process: 3. Research

Last Update: 06.02.2019. By Jens in Newsletter

In the first two steps, you learned that a compelling reason is essential and that we must reduce the scope a lot for good progress. The next step is Research.

Learning Process: 2. Scope

Last Update: 05.02.2019. By Jens in Newsletter

The second step for a successful learning path is the scope of what you will digest. For us devs, it’s the apps we build while learning the new language or framework. If it is too big, you’ll fail. I did fail many times. Once I head out to build an MMORPG with 3 co-workers. That was an ambitious goal. 4 guys wanting to build a game of the scale of World of Warcraft. Maybe we even removed the first m (massive) and just build a multiplayer RPG, I don’t remember that.

Learning Process: 1. Reason

Last Update: 04.02.2019. By Jens in Newsletter

One thing I overlooked for a long time was having a compelling reason to learn something. So, for example, decades ago I went out to learn some Perl. Yeah seemed nice at that time, you could do web dev with it and so I started. Build some cgi scripts for integrating a site with an IRC bot for whatever reason. I don’t know, was a thing back then. Shortly after, I noticed that my interest in pursuing Perl was going downhills. And guess what, it eventually stopped altogether…

How did I learn building a OS X app with Swift so fast?

Last Update: 01.02.2019. By Jens in Learning | Newsletter

I got a few questions how long ti actually took me to build the OS X app without any prior experience in this field. Of course, I could give out a number, but that would not help anybody. Does it matter, if it took 1 or 5 days?