What is the best way to learn programming languages?

Question

IT education

Some time ago I decided to do what I thought about for a very long time - to learn how to code.
I started talking with friends who graduated from specialized universities in this area - all as one say that the university did not really give anything, and they learned to code from personal experience, so to speak "Self-taught".
This gave me an incentive, because I thought without a special education I would not succeed. I started self-education - I watched a couple of video courses, registered on "Stepik" and "Sololearn" and still learned the basic basics of several languages ​​(at least I understood on what principle it all works).
To consolidate this, I practically solved problems, and also wrote codes for myself that could be useful in my work. But then a dead end - I do not know where to go next and what to do.

Are there self-taught? Tell me the algorithm of self-education - what to do after studying the base? What to grab onto? Any helpful portals or tips??

PS: I'm currently learning python, js, html and css. I'm familiar with the basics.

Answer 1

Just take the textbook, read in full, experimenting with the examples from the book along the way. Be sure to type examples yourself, and not copy. Be sure to try and modify them to make sure you really understand how they work. After reading, try to bomb a pet project using the technologies you learned.
If you get stuck somewhere, re-read the relevant chapters, read the official documentation, search for answers in Google. In no case do not carry your problem to other people until you have spent at least a couple of days searching for a solution. If someone else gives you the answers, you will not learn how to program.
And don't use an IDE during the learning phase. Use a regular text editor and console. Firstly, the IDE saves you from routine operations, but it is routine operations that allow you to fill your hand. Secondly, the IDE hides many processes, performing them for the programmer, but it is they that allow you to understand the basic principles.

Answer 2

After studying the base, it should be expanded or deepened. If you can't see which way, then you don't know the base.

Answer 3

Learn to use search engines.
You are not even in the top ten million "IT people" who go this way. Learn to search for information.
Keep writing. Write harder.

Answer 4

It is better to start doing some project on the stack that you plan to use. Choose an interesting topic, study literature and do it. In the future, there will be something to show, and to remember yourself.