Our colleagues over at Devada (DZone's parent company) have just compiled some data from 800 surveyed developers. The survey they launched focused on how developers learn, and I thought I'd share the results with you all. If nothing else, it'll be interesting to see how your methods line up with the community's.
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Resources for Developer Learning
Broadly speaking, the learning methods that the Devada team surveyed fell into the following categories: