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I felt it wasn't fair to say the Real Python page about iterating over dicts had "useless" content. It had a table of contents, what's wrong with that? It's goi

I felt it wasn't fair to say the Real Python page about iterating over dicts had "useless" content. It had a table of contents, what's wrong with that? It's going into detail about dictionaries. Sure, you just want a quick fix. That page is not for you but there is no need to caption a screenshot with "…so…much…nonsense". Nonsense is a bit extreme, isn't it?

bornfreddy 3y ago
Especially as realpython is one of the websites when looking for anything Python related. Their explanations are clear, concise and easy to read, not to mention that they usually cover the whole topic, not just some minor aspect of it (hello SO). When realpython is among the hits I know I don't need to look any further. (not affiliated in any way)
- nottorp 3y ago
  > concise I believe the whole discussion here is about the site being anything but concise.
  - bornfreddy 3y ago
    However, I would argue it is concise. It just doesn't limit the page to a single subtopic / subquestion that someone might ask, but instead covers the whole topic. Feel free to skip most of it and take just solution to the problem at hand (index is usually great for this purpose).
philipwhiuk 3y ago
Not really when the "Introduction to Dictionaries", which doesn't belong on an article about how to iterate through them, is 20 paragraphs long. If you want to write an article on Python dictionaries, sure spend 20 paragraphs on it. But don't title the article "How to iterate through a dictionary" I'm surprised they didn't spend another twenty describing the origination of term iterate from the original Latin 'iterum'.
- gtirloni 3y ago
  Yeah, finding a pretty complete article about dictionaries and having to scroll down after finding your exact doubt in one item in the table of contents is very painful. I feel sorry for whoever goes through such nightmare. /s

bornfreddy 3y ago

Especially as realpython is one of the websites when looking for anything Python related. Their explanations are clear, concise and easy to read, not to mention that they usually cover the whole topic, not just some minor aspect of it (hello SO). When realpython is among the hits I know I don't need to look any further. (not affiliated in any way)

nottorp 3y ago
> concise I believe the whole discussion here is about the site being anything but concise.
- bornfreddy 3y ago
  However, I would argue it is concise. It just doesn't limit the page to a single subtopic / subquestion that someone might ask, but instead covers the whole topic. Feel free to skip most of it and take just solution to the problem at hand (index is usually great for this purpose).

philipwhiuk 3y ago

Not really when the "Introduction to Dictionaries", which doesn't belong on an article about how to iterate through them, is 20 paragraphs long. If you want to write an article on Python dictionaries, sure spend 20 paragraphs on it. But don't title the article "How to iterate through a dictionary" I'm surprised they didn't spend another twenty describing the origination of term iterate from the original Latin 'iterum'.

gtirloni 3y ago
Yeah, finding a pretty complete article about dictionaries and having to scroll down after finding your exact doubt in one item in the table of contents is very painful. I feel sorry for whoever goes through such nightmare. /s