For me, which was just before stack overflow, it was dodging and weaving through forums and getting grilled on rather it was a homework question or someone copy

For me, which was just before stack overflow, it was dodging and weaving through forums and getting grilled on rather it was a homework question or someone copy and pasting the forum FAQ about searching the forum, etc, before posting. Also, one big reason I think PHP was my go-to was the easiness of the manual (http://php.net/function_name_here http://php.net/function_name_here)