[ramkarthikk]

Over the years, trying to learn different languages/frameworks, failing most of the times and succeeding occasionally, I have found two things that help me:

1. Find an interesting project that suits the language/framework and keep the scope very minimal so I can complete it in 2 days (weekend). I can always learn more doing a second or third project. But I find that I can maintain my motivation when I see results and complete a project.

2. Restrict the number of new technologies for the project to maximum two (best if it is one). When there are many new things, I find that it can be exhausting and I give up after just a couple of hours. So for ex: When I initially learned React, I didn't know GraphQL, so even if I see a case where GraphQL might be the best fit, I will use REST API. This way I'm not stuck on all fronts.

To answer the first question, there is no single project I build to learn every language because that becomes boring for me. I try to build different projects every time.

For ex: When learning React, I built a HN reader, Foreign exchange meme reaction, and an app where I can see the time of all my teammates spread across the globe (all completed and live). When learning ReactNative, I built a small Twitter clone (haven't published it).