How to start learning a language?

Do you think it's worth going and buying a book to start you off learning or just go looking online for tutorials and stuff. Take python for example? Think buying like a 50 dollar book is worth it or not?

I think stealing a fifty dollar book is worth it.

-#ebooks on undernet. -http://www.searchshared.com/ -Torrents, if you're a faggot. ;P

You can find everything you need online, I've never paid for a e-book but I have a bunch. No torrents.

The best way to learn is by doing. Find a tutorial online, and be sure you have a working development environment(compiler, interpretter). Play around with examples, try things you think might fail, and just have fun with your language. It will be easier to learn, and you will enjoy doing it.(personal experience)

lesserlightsofheaven wrote: I think stealing a fifty dollar book is worth it.

-#ebooks on undernet. -http://www.searchshared.com/ -Torrents, if you're a faggot. ;P

lol I can't believe this never came to me. Great idea lol thanks

Well, you can read it online or from book, which case is better for you? In advance: there is possibility that book which you buy won't learn you anything because of bad author…. btw believe it or not, but the best way how to learn some language is on its official site… (http://www.python.org) for example, or msdn library of Microsoft (VB, .NET, C#, etc), just look at documentation, mailing lists and you will be ok ;-)

Combination of Book's and Internet.

I prefer to buy my books rather than get a eBook because even if you print it off its just not the same as having a good book next to you.

What_A_Legend wrote: I prefer to buy my books rather than get a eBook because even if you print it off its just not the same as having a good book next to you.

So, save money from not buying books, buy a Kindle, and enjoy. :)

May as well buy the book lol, Rather than save a few $'s and download the book, that kindle is like $300

What_A_Legend wrote: May as well buy the book lol, Rather than save a few $'s and download the book, that kindle is like $300

So, that's what… between 6-10 computer books?

I've seen computer books which cost over €80, that's like what, 117.66400 U.S. dollars? Or something?

The kindle rocks.

use ebooks, unless you want to spend money..

put this into google

inurl:pub/ebooks

bang, all the books you could ever want