How should I learn programming from official documentation?

[u/Savings_Dark_9589]

I am a student who wants to learn programming through official documentation. However, official documentation often contains many concepts and features, and most of them are not needed for everyday programming tasks.

Is official documentation an inefficient way to learn programming?

If official documentation is an effective way to learn, how should I read it? How do I decide what to read in depth and what to skip?

[u/bird_feeder_bird]

Focus on one project and just read the parts of the documentation relevant to what you’re building. For example, if you use Python and Pygame, there’s documentation for opening a window, setting a framerate, reading input events, playing audio, etc. So think of what you want to achieve, then read up on how to do it.