How to continue after the book?

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On Tuesday, 28 March 2017 at 07:27:31 UTC, I Lindström wrote:
> After getting the basics down, how did you continue when 
> learning programming in general?
>
> I do have a need for which I've been trying out a few languages 
> and D seems by far the best for me. Should I just start doing 
> that project and learn as I go by googling and asking here, or 
> are there some other things you did before starting your first 
> "real" project.

I have never actually used a book to learn. Practice is the best 
way to learn, at least for me. It differs from person to person 
how they learn best.

What I have used books for though, is improving knowledge on 
fields that I most likely know or to learn basic knowledge or 
different views on certain fields.

I haven't read a lot of books, especially not for D. I've only 
gotten Andrei's and Adam's book. Looked a tiny bit through Ali's, 
but yeah. I'm not much of a book person when it comes to learning 
programming or anything alike. I do enjoy reading them, but 
generally it's to expand my current knowledge and not to learn 
anything new.

What I usually do is to pick a certain type of project, write 
down each requirement and feature it needs and then see what 
certain skills I'd need to finish it and then take one thing at a 
time, then after each time I scrap the project and start over to 
re-write it with improvements.