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Switched from YouTube tutorials to official docs and wow what a difference
Spent 3 weeks on a Python project using random video tutorials. Kept getting stuck on weird errors. Finally opened the official Python docs. Everything made sense in 2 days. The docs explained the logic, not just copy-paste steps. Has anyone else found official docs easier than videos?
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ryantorres19d agoTop Commenter
Right? It's like YouTube tutorials are just someone's brain dump at 2am with no editing. I spent a week trying to fix a bug in Flask because some guy in a video copy pasted his config wrong and never noticed. Opened the official Flask docs and it literally had a big red box saying "dont do this" with the fix right there. Still salty about that week.
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martinez.kim19d ago
Honestly, I used to think videos were better because they showed you exactly what to click. But after hitting the same wall you did, I finally tried the official docs and it clicked way faster. It's like the difference between getting directions from a friend who rambles and reading a map yourself.
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jana_hart1819d ago
Same. Watched 3 hours of "tutorials" then fixed it with one sentence in the docs. I'm an idiot.
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