On 21 Jun 2014, at 19:19, 'Norbert Fuhs' via nodejs <[email protected]> 
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> I don't think the node.js GitHub wiki and API reference documention are:
> 
> 1. beginner friendly

This is hard -- beginner with what context?

I'd love to see documentation made this way, but it's a big job.

> 2. easy to read

I happen to love the current style, but I could see other styles being MUCH 
more effective for others -- but this is subjective, so it's not easy to get 
consensus on in the abstract.
> 
> 3. explain exactly what the modules does and for what it is for 

What it does ... well, that I think it covers.

What it's for, though, ends up leading toward prescriptive documentation, which 
I don't think is appropriate. People think of new uses all the time, so it's 
not always great to have a finite list published right there.

> 
> 
> Is there an up to date list of undocumented methods and properties in  the 
> node.js API reference documentation?

No -- they're undocumented because they're not part of the public API. The 
documentation defines the public API.

> Most node.js stuff i learned is from blogs and node.js related books, i think 
> we need better and more structured documention like the
> the docs and tutorials in the Mozilla Developer Network or the Chrome 
> Developer Tools for node.js.

That'd be nice to see, for sure! I'd love to see improvements, too. Not sure I 
want THOSE, but good resources are awesome (And we can have multiple, for 
different audiences)

Thoughts?

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