minus-squaregrandma@sh.itjust.workstoProgramming@programming.dev•What is the deal with API documentation that can seem so terse to a hobbyist?linkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoIf there’s no getting started section I usually go on GitHub to see how other projects use the library or API. Reading the API docs with no prior knowledge or context is hard unless they’re very well written. linkfedilink
minus-squaregrandma@sh.itjust.workstoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•It's called attaining divinitylinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 days agoDid this in university in the very first week, quite a few people dropped out after that 😅 linkfedilink
If there’s no getting started section I usually go on GitHub to see how other projects use the library or API.
Reading the API docs with no prior knowledge or context is hard unless they’re very well written.