Survey Results

When learning to use a third party component, how valuable are each of the following?   [Edit]

Survey period: 9 Jan 2012 to 16 Jan 2012

Everyone likes to learn in a different way, and many of us find reading code faster than reading prose.

Option	Avg
A detailed manual covering all APIs of the library exhaustively	3.76
A brief, to-the-point rundown of the main features	3.61
Articles explaining how to use the library	3.87
Pure source code examples of how to use it	4.20
The source code of the library itself	2.87