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Tutorials are Wrong

Leonardo Montini on September 17, 2022

Is the title a clickbait? Nope, let me explain. Learning new stuff is amazing and courses and tutorials are a great help, until, you realize you’r...
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Oscar Ortiz • Edited

I like tutorials but in all honesty it really depends on the learner. I use google and youtube on a daily basis when I can't figure something out.

If you get stuck on something, I believe you need to know how to ask questions. If you can properly break down the problem you are working with to a simple 1 + 1 question, then you are capable of finding it on the internet somewhere.

Stackoverflow is usually where I spend time writing my complex questions.

There are many platforms to get good and bad information.

The job of a developer is not to write code. It is to solve problems ⚡️

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Leonardo Montini • Edited

That's true, learning how to ask the right questions (and with the right frequency) is the key!

Thanks for the comment :)

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Al - Naucode

Great article, keep the good work! Liked and followed! 🚀

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Prithviraj Singh Thakur

Great article

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Leonardo Montini

Thank you, much appreciated! ♥

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Stuart Loria

It always takes me 10X more time to complete a tutorial because I want to understand the content just like you are saying and I like to code to understand.
That and taking notes drive the points home

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Leonardo Montini

That's a smart way to use tutorials :D

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Prithviraj Singh Thakur

Great Article

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acode123

I learn from tutorials, as hard as that is to believe.

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Leonardo Montini

If used the right way, tutorials can be great too :)

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sentadoensilla

Someone teach dropping old knowledge like updates in android apps, a non finish running. Is annoying