I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
The last development book I think I bought was the Javascript for Dummies reference (the one with the spiral binding so you could lay it flat on your desk) sometime around the turn of the century.
I have inherited a bunch of books I'll probably never read but like the look of on my shelf.
I have paid for a humble bundle of ebooks once (I think). I think I may have paid for a cheap ebook or two by someone I know out of a feeling of giving general support.
Other than that, no. The sources you described (especially YouTube) are very good for skimming and for deeper learning for everything I've needed, but the killer reason is that if the official documentation is that sub-par that I can't get what I want, well, I'm just going to learn something else instead.
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The last development book I think I bought was the Javascript for Dummies reference (the one with the spiral binding so you could lay it flat on your desk) sometime around the turn of the century.
I have inherited a bunch of books I'll probably never read but like the look of on my shelf.
I have paid for a humble bundle of ebooks once (I think). I think I may have paid for a cheap ebook or two by someone I know out of a feeling of giving general support.
Other than that, no. The sources you described (especially YouTube) are very good for skimming and for deeper learning for everything I've needed, but the killer reason is that if the official documentation is that sub-par that I can't get what I want, well, I'm just going to learn something else instead.