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redacted: i want to learn more about emberjs, does anyone know any free videos i should watch?

Dafe: Read the docs.

alexspeller: redacted: http://emberwatch.com/

redacted: alexspeller, thanks!

Let me just start by saying that Alex Speller is a global treasure, and I find it incredible how much he manages to help people in Ember's IRC channel and can get any of his own work done.

I've helped the guy who was asking about the videos before, and he has basic foundational holes in his understanding of Ember, and I'll stand by my statement that he should just read the docs, as it would give him the best efficiency for his time invested, for his goal of wanting to learn more about Ember.

http://emberwatch.com is a collection of talks and slides relating to Ember, and it's a good resource when your basics are solid, so you can learn how to apply Ember's strong suite of primitives more effectively. I don't think, however, it's a good resource for someone without a solid foundation of understanding of how Ember works, like the basic roles of controllers, models and routes.

I don't know, though, if my simple suggestion of reading the docs, when he was asking for free videos, is better or worse than Alex's link with what he asked for. I think most of the stuff there will go over his head and waste his time, but nobody really wants to hear "read the fucking manual", and when you RTFM somebody, it can turn them off of the pursuit.

Having him watch random videos he may not understand and exposing his ignorance to himself might be better.

Like RTFM inception.