When I taught myself to program, there was no internet. You went and bought an enormous, 800 page book (usually written by Charles Petzold) and you hoped to Darwin something, anything would be understandable and lead you to move forward just a little bit.

If it’s worthwhile doing it’s hard.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

usually written by Charles Petzold

Classic example of someone who wrote tutorials like the type being satirised.

If it’s worthwhile doing it’s hard

Writing good tutorials isn't hard. You just have to not assume background knowledge of anything you're writing about. If you write it for beginners, then literally anyone can follow it.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So maybe the tutorial the satirist was satirising just wasn’t quite aimed at the satirist.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

So maybe the tutorial the satirist was satirising just wasn’t quite aimed at the satirist

I think many people here have seen exactly such tutorials - indeed aimed at them - hence the huge upvotes. See Microsoft tutorials that never link to any pre-requisites at all (leaving you looking for a Youtube by an Indian programmer).

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