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A comment on Ask HN: Do you find developer screencasts useful?.

Re:Ask HN: Do you find developer screencasts useful? by pwmanagerdied on Saturday December 05, 2009 @11:15AM (#978174)
I find screencasts most useful for getting a feel for new software relatively quickly. Seeing how an experienced used does things can get you started a lot faster than reading through docs until things click. To me their utility begins to decline after this.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you find developer screencasts useful? by tjstankus on Saturday December 05, 2009 @12:22PM (#978265)
I'm with you. I like screencasts for getting started with a new tool but once I'm up and running I tend to reach for in-depth written documentation or reference materials.

But, this makes screencasts really valuable IMO. When you have an hour to evaluate something a screencast seems more useful than a massive book.

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