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Pointers for writing software tutorials
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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The argument is that a beginner might not notice a command falls. The && prevents further execution.
Personally I've seen that happen several times myself. Beginners are just not used to reading the cmd outputs and I can't blame them. There are many CLI tools with awful error reporting out there.
That's why showing the expected outcome is also very important. It can feel very verbose, but the number of times I've been unclear as to if something worked because the documentation goes on immediately to the next step without demonstrating the success/failure states is extremely frustrating.