How to Use This Book
This book is based on the class we teach at Big Nerd Ranch. As such, it was designed to be consumed in a certain manner.
Set yourself a reasonable goal, like, “I will do one chapter every day.” When you sit down to attack a chapter, find a quiet place where you will not be interrupted for at least an hour. Shut down your email, your Twitter client, and your chat program. This is not a time for multitasking; you will need to concentrate.
Do the actual programming. You can read through a chapter first, if you like. But the real learning comes when you sit down and code as you go. You will not really understand the idea until you have written a program that uses it and, perhaps more importantly, debugged that program. ...
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