Another advantage of just-in-time learning is that forgetting is less of a problem. You don't have to worry about forgetting in between the time you learn it and the time you use it, and the fact that you've used it both helps you understand it better and gives you a working example to use as a reference. (Am I the only one who looks at their old code to see how they did something?)
Probably the best is to sort of skim over the stuff you're supposed to know at first and then refer to it when you're reminded of it in your everyday work. Like the breadth-first approach Steve Yegge advocates for math: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/math-for-programmers...
The only problem I've found with this approach in practice is that skimming makes me antsy.
Probably the best is to sort of skim over the stuff you're supposed to know at first and then refer to it when you're reminded of it in your everyday work. Like the breadth-first approach Steve Yegge advocates for math: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/math-for-programmers...
The only problem I've found with this approach in practice is that skimming makes me antsy.