For me, shit. I was in rural Australia. What I had to do was pour over the documentation and experiment a lot.
Now this was back when is as 9 and using Qbasic though.
I was able to write a bunch of questions to ask the senior teachers at high school, but that only led to more questions.
I did eventually get given c++ by a friend, but I was absolutely stuck.
Admittedly though, the lack of books was the sticking point. I believe if I had a few more text books, that it would have been a hell of a lot easier. Not as easy as im-stick-quickly-google as I do now, but a ton easier.
Hmm after typing this out I realise it doesn't really answer your question, bit I'll post it anyway.
But imho learning from. Textbook with no outside resources (which I did later in life), made me come up with some interesting work around a, which later on gave me insights, but to get software out quickly, SO and Google help a lot.
Not very clear I know, sorry but that's my 2 cents.
Now this was back when is as 9 and using Qbasic though.
I was able to write a bunch of questions to ask the senior teachers at high school, but that only led to more questions.
I did eventually get given c++ by a friend, but I was absolutely stuck.
Admittedly though, the lack of books was the sticking point. I believe if I had a few more text books, that it would have been a hell of a lot easier. Not as easy as im-stick-quickly-google as I do now, but a ton easier.
Hmm after typing this out I realise it doesn't really answer your question, bit I'll post it anyway.
But imho learning from. Textbook with no outside resources (which I did later in life), made me come up with some interesting work around a, which later on gave me insights, but to get software out quickly, SO and Google help a lot.
Not very clear I know, sorry but that's my 2 cents.