How far to take user documentation?

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In pull request 1821, @eviltrout asked:

"About rails s: I wouldn’t be against adding it but at what point do we stop holding their hand and expect them to know how rails works? I’m sure rails documentation could do a better job than us. Actually maybe we should just link to that?

What point to stop holding their hand? I guess it’s along the lines of showing a toddler how to walk… let’m try once they can barely stand up on their own. :slight_smile:

I know that two months ago, I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do at the end of that how-to. Even still, I’m not certain that it’s just a matter of rails s to get started. What other steps need to be added?

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I do think that leading them into the official rails documentation at that point is not a bad idea. Like “congratulations, everything is ready but now you’ll need to understand the platform we built it in to be productive.”

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I’d be glad to write a pull request to take use there. Is there a specific part of their documentation you have in mind?

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Nope but I bet you can find one!