Re: Documentation Warm Fuzzy II
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:57:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Documentation Warm Fuzzy II | ||
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Lars Torben Wilson wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> Forgot the rest of the message:
>
> > You can tell them further that I never use hardcopy, so the
> > way I learn or reference anything is the online docs. Some stuff on
> > developer.netscape.com is decent for HTML and javascript, but I've come
> > across nothing like the php docs that remotely approach it in quality. The
> > php docs make both a very good intro/tutorial for the new user, and also a
> > very quick reference for ongoing use. That little popup search box is just
> > way cool. And the annotation system is again most useful. In fact this
> > stuff is so cool that M$FT will probably patent them out from under you
> > and then sue you...;)
>
> Seems like only 2 years ago that people were constantly moaning that
> we only had like 7 functions documented. ;)
True. But the docs could be made even better. :)
-Andrei
Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use
the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
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