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It often outranks MDN official docs which these days are very readable, in-depth, with examples, and a simple UI and the only time I click to inappropriately na
by andirk 3y ago
It often outranks MDN official docs which these days are very readable, in-depth, with examples, and a simple UI and the only time I click to inappropriately named W3Schools is by accident because it's the top result and I'm expecting MDN and then I click back and that's why I don't like it.
- thayne 3y agoI have similar feelings about baeldung.com. It isn't that the content is inherently bad, but it is super annoying that when I search for a java class the first few results are from baeldung instead of the official javadocs.
- ktosobcy 3y agoHow wonderful to differ - I actually love bite sized, "tldr" or baeldung and almost always get what I need. (not to mention that quite often javadocs of many project are just empty or severely lacking... )
- cuteboy19 3y agoI think the java official docs are rarely explanatory, they are just plain description with a lot of fluff and useless information
- deely3 3y agoYeah. Search for class, open official docs, read very short description. And still have absolutely zero idea is where this class is used, and how it should be created, and what alternatives.
- nonethewiser 3y agoNothing about that makes w3 a poor source. I get why you block it - so MDN is shown first. That’s fair. Im just saying its not a fault of W3. Because I tend to agree with that guy. W3 really isnt bad. A bit simplistic, and MDN is better, but its not bad.
- rascul 3y ago> Nothing about that makes w3 a poor source. I'm sure you meant w3schools but w3.org is where a lot of the official documentation for web technologies is and not affiliated with w3schools.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoYeah the simplicity is what I prefer about W3schools. A lot of times I want a quick code example and don’t really want to go in depth about how something works.
- junon 3y agoW3 has a bad reputation because, at least a long while ago, it was rife with blatantly false or misleading information.
- rchaud 3y agoThere's literally working code demos for everything on the site that's front-end or client-side.
- int_19h 3y agoYes, and historically those code demos were often wrong in many important ways (like not working in all browsers, or insecure). They are much better now but reputation is hard to recover.