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Ask HN: What did you learn in 2018?
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Re: Ask HN: What did you learn in 2018?
#32I planned to learn French, but je ne speakez it bien. Hopefully 2019 is the year.
As a French native speaker, good luck.
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#33I didn't plan to learn anything new, but I did (re)learn some about c, mostly a good refresher on syntax, pointer and strings, plus the PKCS#11 API to communicate with HSMs. And along to this, a few crypto fundamentals around DES, AES, CBC/ECB, and KDF functions.
Also I used Installshield and VBScript for the first time to work on the Installer of our current project.
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#34That Django is neither the mental megalith nor archaic project I thought it was. It's actually a joy to program with and extremely flexible, without getting to e.g. Java levels of verbosity. I've not learned close to all of it yet, and have relied upon more glue code from blog posts than I'd like to admit, but it's actually pretty nice, and definitely Pythonic! Which reminds me, the Java I knew from 6 or so years ago…
It's worth checking out Two Scoops of Django for some best practices and just understanding how to use the framework well.
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#35Vue.js and EF Core. Publishing packages on NPM and Maven.
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#36A lot of Python/Django from work, Japanese by myself, and a lot about art and history from reading.
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#37Improved my German considerably. Can definitely deal with any situation by now, but I still have much to improve. Also learned a lot of Elixir. Both are things which in the past year I've commited to learn. Learning is a constant process, next year I expect more of the same, but a higher mastery level! Also learned a decent amount of management things, better organization skills etc, but that I didn't plan for.
even I am trying to learn a new language and basically finding it a bit harder.
can you let me know the process you have followed and how did you practice and tips on getting better
Re: Ask HN: What did you learn in 2018?
#38I planned to go from beginner Python to employed developer. Went a bit off track and learned the basics of lots and lots of languages. Kept switching the domains I wanted to work in. I studied a fair bit of CS, but in a fairly shallow way (it's been a decade since my last maths lesson). This year I proved to myself I could learn lots - next year is proving I can do the same, just in one or two things!
It's harder to focus on learning a single thing perfectly with all the noise out there. Did you get employed as a python developer?
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#39Swift - Wanted to get into iOS apps but ran out of steam.
React - No option, work required it. Starting to enjoy it finally.
Re: Ask HN: What did you learn in 2018?
#40Improved my German considerably. Can definitely deal with any situation by now, but I still have much to improve. Also learned a lot of Elixir. Both are things which in the past year I've commited to learn. Learning is a constant process, next year I expect more of the same, but a higher mastery level! Also learned a decent amount of management things, better organization skills etc, but that I didn't plan for.
Nice! I'm learning German as well. Can you tell me if you used any books/tutorials/apps/classes? Thanks in advance.