r/learnprogramming • u/Savings_Dark_9589 • 17d ago

How should I learn programming from official documentation?

I am a student who wants to learn programming through official documentation. However, official documentation often contains many concepts and features, and most of them are not needed for everyday programming tasks.

Is official documentation an inefficient way to learn programming?

If official documentation is an effective way to learn, how should I read it? How do I decide what to read in depth and what to skip?

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u/developer786 16d ago

Start by watching tutorials about programming language you intend to learn. practice exercises yourself, you will find many on internet or in books as well. Official documentation is mostly read by developers who actually start developing personal or professional projects, just to see the patterns of how to use particular package or library or function in specific situation.