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Conversely, after the initial struggle getting the ideas behind it, examples are worthless and documentation is king.

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Sometimes. Examples are good at giving concrete working code to use as a basis but they only express a few ideas. Documentation will let you understand the different pieces so you can build what you like.

Both are beneficial for different scenarios. I find I use examples much more often but when examples fail, documentation is necessary.