[mpixel]

And if you tell 2 experts to build something with W3Schools as the resource against better documentation, I'm sure the results will be the opposite.

That's not the point though, I'm not going to say different strokes for different folks.

Instead I'd say, if that beginner uses the 'slower' path instead, that will pay dividends in time -- they are better of learning to use the docs than getting paid peanuts for delivering that project which depends on the juniors faster.

[subtra3t]

I disagree with you. "Learning" to use a particular documentation website (which, mindyou, changes its layout frequently) is not very time consuming.

So a beginner should use w3schools while they see fit, and then move on to MDN, etc. when they find it to be unsuitable for their purposes.

[rchaud]

That's exactly what the progression was for me. W3S laid the foundations, and then I went on to MDN and other sources once I felt more comfortable.

[rchaud]

An expert wouldn't go to W3schools to begin with. They would have far more specific problems that would be better explored on Stack Overflow.

A beginner on the other hand would have their SO questions locked/closed within minutes because it would likely break any one of the thousand little rules SO has (to reduce duplicates) that are unknown to beginners.

Horses for courses; I read the official MDN and PHP docs now, but I didn't when I began because those sites assume an enormous amount of prior knowledge about programming.

[account-5]

This exactly. I still look to w3school over mdn if I can. The information is just friendlier. I'll use "proper" documentation if needed and never post anything to SO for the reasons you state.