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Start with the official documentation
Official tutorials and guides are written by the people who designed the technology. Start there, then branch out.
Start: Work through the official tutorial before third-party courses4 practices in this chapter
- 1Work through the official tutorial before third-party coursesMost mature languages and frameworks have an official learning path, written and maintained by the people who know the design best: Official docs are usually current with the latest version, free…
- 2Type the examples and change them, do not just read themReading code feels like learning, but it mostly builds a sense of familiarity. Typing examples, running them and then changing them builds real understanding.
- 3Check which version the docs and examples targetTechnologies change, and much of the advice online is for older versions. Even official guides can lag: Effective Go carries a note that it was written for Go's release in 2009, is not actively…
- 4Learn to navigate the reference docs, not just the tutorialTutorials teach the main path. Day-to-day work needs the reference: the API docs, the standard library, the configuration options. Being fast at finding answers in the reference is one of the most…
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