Exploring and Expanding

Exploring for new stuff and expanding the realm of your knowledge is very important for a programmer as well as anyone else.

You have to be updated constantly and I think the best place for that is the Internet. It is an ocean of knowledge. The only problem is "Where to look for?".


Well the best place to start is a Search Engine. Type in your question and give it a search.

When you want to learn something try looking for Books and Video Tutorials. Video tutorials are one of the best ways to learn.

And look for Forum Posts.

When you keep searching you'll find easy ways, shortcuts to find what you need. Don't give up because the answer you wanted didn't appear in the first page of the search engine results. Most of the time the problem is that you haven't asked the right question. Keep on searching. Shuffle the words around a bit and do the search again.

When you are searching for technical things use technical details and wordings to do the search. When you are searching for errors use the error code instead of the error message. This can give better results.

And when you find something that is valuable in the Internet keep a bookmark. This is very important, otherwise you will have to do the search again when you want to find it at a later time.


Keep up the good work and keep surfing.