Recommended · for beginners
Surface Mount Soldering 101
Why people recommend it
A general surface mount soldering tutorial that newcomers are pointed to when they doubt small parts can be soldered by hand.
Watch for: General SMD technique; exposed pad packages are covered elsewhere
In their words
For general SMD soldering I found this helpful:
mazurnification on electronics.stackexchange.com, Nov 2010. CC BY-SA.