I've always been a reader but for the last couple of years I've found that the videos on Pluralsight do a far better job of introducing a new framework in a con

I've always been a reader but for the last couple of years I've found that the videos on Pluralsight do a far better job of introducing a new framework in a concise way when compared to the best rated books. My experience learning compilers and automata theory was similar. I had trouble slogging through the Dragon Book but I flew through the Coursera compiler and finite automata courses. After that the Dragon Book was an easier read (although I never finished it as there are better modern books on the subject). Once you're up and running the documentation is usually better. I assume that this is because most books are either targeted at inexperienced developers or are purely API reference material.