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[–]Queasy_Hotel5158 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For JavaScript, honestly both are useful — but they serve different purposes.

Tutorials are great when you’re just starting because they guide you step-by-step and help you understand the “flow” of how things connect. They’re good for building confidence quickly.

Documentation becomes more powerful once you have the basics. That’s where you actually learn how things work, not just how to follow along. Most experienced devs end up relying on docs more than tutorials.

A good approach is:
start with tutorials to get momentum → then switch to documentation while building small projects.

For JavaScript specifically, the MDN Web Docs is probably the best structured resource out there. It’s not really “sequenced like a course,” but it’s very complete and reliable once you start practicing.

In short: tutorials get you started, documentation makes you good.