Improving matlab skills

What is the best way of improving my matlab skills? I have been using matlab for some months now and have learnt a lot in that time, however I am wondering what techniques others have used to improve. I find that trying to answer questions on the forum is good practice but it is often the case that the questions posted are beyond my capabilities.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

You might want to look at:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1394-what-programming-challenges-would-you-pose-to-new-users

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/8026-best-way-s-to-master-matlab

and possibly

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/14857-where-do-people-learn-bad-programming-habits-i-e-goto-global-and-eval

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

I am not saying it is the best way, but one way is to attempt the various challenges on "Cody":

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody

[Daniel Shub]

That is funny, as that is the answer I accepted for http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/14857-where-do-people-learn-bad-programming-habits-i-e-goto-global-and-eval

[the cyclist]

Agreed that Cody is not a good place to learn good programming practice. But one can learn MATLAB "skills", particularly new functions that one might not know exists.