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Often times the best resources for learning something in programming is a book. I don't buy or believe in physical books, but the digital editions are very much
by Kaveren 8y ago
Often times the best resources for learning something in programming is a book. I don't buy or believe in physical books, but the digital editions are very much worth reading.
It's not about the physicality of a book, it's that guides are typically of lower quality and less in-depth than a book is.
Rarely, you get a "guide" so good it's a book (for JavaScript: Mozilla Developer Network). For many languages and tools, something like this does not exist.
What C++ guide online is going to teach me as well as The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition? What Rust guide online is going to teach me as well as The Rust Programming Language?
- avgDev 8y agoI agree with your view that book is the best resource for learning. I have read so many tutorials that were just bad, that reinvented the wheel, mixed patterns in MVC, had business rules in javascript without server side validation and so on. Books usually will touch on why something is done a certain way and you can trust an author that is well regarded in the field. I guess it may take a bit more effort.