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Ask HN: Has anyone learned programming entirely from watching videos?

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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone learned programming entirely from watching videos?

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Post by gridspy »

So, do you mean that at no point you actually write code?

Best site for beginning coders : starts with a video then has a "video" of coding that you can pause and interact with. Very friendly and simple to start with.

It is a good language to start with too.

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/p...

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone learned programming entirely from watching videos?

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Post by Onixelen »

gridspy wrote: post #2

So, do you mean that at no point you actually write code? Best site for beginning coders : starts with a video then has a "video" of coding that you can pause and interact with. Very friendly and simple to start with. It is a good language to start with too. https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/p...

I was implying that you write code and you practice/try things out as you're watching. Sorry should have explicitly mentioned that.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone learned programming entirely from watching videos?

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Post by pyrophane »

You can learn a lot from videos, but you'll need to apply it buy doing actual coding in the form of exercises and projects.

Also, depending on what kind of programming you want to do, you'll likely be working with a lot of tools for which no good video learning resources exit, which is why is is very important to be able to read and understand developer documentation and source code.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone learned programming entirely from watching videos?

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Post by wayn3 »

gridspy wrote: post #2

So, do you mean that at no point you actually write code? Best site for beginning coders : starts with a video then has a "video" of coding that you can pause and interact with. Very friendly and simple to start with. It is a good language to start with too. https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/p...

JS is NOT a good language to start with.

Its a fast way to get a job. Its an obstacle in understanding programming. Have to know what you want out of this.

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