Amit Jotwani

Amit Jotwani

The goal of a tutorial isn’t to make people follow every step.

The goal of a tutorial isn’t to make people follow every step.

It’s to get them up and running as quickly as possible. That’s why every guide should include the complete sample code right at the top.

Don’t hide it. Don’t break it into pieces and make people stitch it together themselves.

Too many tutorials walk you through the steps one by one—“Do this in file X, then paste this into file Y”—without ever showing the final project.

That’s frustrating. You need to give them the full thing, front to back. Backend, frontend, everything. Let them see how it all works together.

People want to get something running first, then come back and understand the details. The final code should be right there at the start, ready to use. They should be able to run it, see it work, and feel confident that it’s complete.

The goal isn’t to make them follow instructions like robots. It’s to remove friction. Give them the full code, show them it works, and let them dig into the details on their own terms.