alexfarran

Thanks for posting that. Where would a PHP programmer go to get a foothold in Scala web development?

Have you looked at Hack? It has all those features.

And the wheel, that was revolutionary.

That's a really useful insight. What particular problems did you run across in Python that Java/C++ handled better?

I find it really helpful to write little notes and diagrams to help visualise the problem and as a basic mnemonic technique. There's not much space in your short term memory so it's better to offload some of the work if you can. I've started reading Your Brain at Work. It explains how your brain operates in laymans terms and offers some workarounds for common problems.