In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes dive into documentation - how to avoid common pitfalls and overwhelm, as well as how to read, understand and get the most out of documentation.

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Show Notes

5:10 - What are the different kinds of documentation?

14:34 - How to read documentation

Understanding how you learn will save you lots of time

16:03 - Understanding Parameters

Parameter types
Required / Optional
Parameter order

22:45 - How do you tackle learning something new?

Look at some examples
Scan the entire docs to get an idea of the surface area
Have something specific in mind that you want to build

27:34 - What to do when the docs suck?

Look at other people’s code
Chat rooms
Tests for examples
Read the source code
Github search
Contribute

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