Did you just tell me to read the manual?

How do you learn a new technology? Or how do you find out what's changed in the latest version of something you already use? Aaron and Joel share some tips on what they do.

• 00:00 So many new things to learn
• 00:56 Importance of reading docs
• 02:00 Reading versus doing
• 03:45 Be curious when reading
• 05:20 How to get hands-on practice
• 07:30 Learning a new release of an existing tool
• 10:15 Improve the docs!
• 12:15 Silly bit

Exercises for Programmers from Pragmatic Press