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> go and find the official documentation for X and RTFM.

Yes and no. The official documentation can be obtuse and bad for new learners. (I'm looking at you, gradle[1]). Ideally, the official documentation includes tutorials, but also three other forms: 1) how-to guides showing the steps for accomplishing a common goal. Think of them as extended FAQ answers. 2) simple reference docs. Your typical api-centered doc, or man page cli flag list. Answers the question of "what was the function/class/flag to do that?" Assumes you already know how. 3) explanations, the discursive articles about how and why. A lot of people can get by with never reading these, but once in a while they can clear up some problem you're having. The tutorials, which should exist, would be short guides for learning by doing. They aren't how-to guides, because they don't assume you know anything yet. They are often the best entry points for picking up something entirely new.

[1] https://www.bruceeckel.com/2021/01/02/the-problem-with-gradl... and https://melix.github.io/blog/2021/01/the-problem-with-gradle...



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