> I do read it and see if it fits, but I would certainly have a bad time if not code references where around while coding. This is the most positive part of yo

> I do read it and see if it fits, but I would certainly have a bad time if not code references where around while coding. This is the most positive part of your copy/pasting practice: reading and understanding. Reading the documentation alone is time consuming if the documentation does not contain example code, which visually put together what must be understood. That said, looking up SO can also be a time sink: checking two or three questions until finding the correct question/answer. Maybe in no time http://devdocs.io http://devdocs.io would have answered the question. I also have a private gist app to gather snippets that I can quickly search. > So, am I a bad programmer? I read that a lot, experts don't need to look up the documentation. I'm not sure how true it is. That said I recognize that knowing basics perfectly, common Object, Array & jQuery methods, common modules in ruby/python etc... helps to build things faster. Having good tools helps a lot.