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Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by apetresc »

searchableguy wrote: post #71
dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

If I may, I also suggest: Ben Eater: electronics, networking, computer architecture, breadboards, and information theory. Missing semester: Great introduction to computer science and basic programming skills. Good as a reference. BPS.space: Aerospace engineering, rockets and stuff. Andreas Kling: computer OS from scratch. Numberphile, computerphile and so on for quick bites. Edit: fixed typo

Just a note for anyone Googling: it's Andreas Kling rather than King. (And his channel is awesome)

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Post by foxdev »

dontremeber wrote: post #21

quick poll: do the people of HN prefer resources like this in video format or written formats like blogs or actual docs? i’ve personally found it difficult to self-learn from YouTube videos so if you prefer that, what about it do you like?

Video for getting started on a new topic, text for everything else. I find text guides hard to follow without a strong foundation.

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Post by tacheiordache »

The most concise web learning channel I found on the internet is made by an Indian guy and his videos are absolutely amazingly built. The content might not interest you but the format is fantastic. They are in small chunks and there's a slide review a the end. I wish more content makers took up to this guy. Take this angular for beginners course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CusfUmB6mkY&list=PL6n9fhu94y...

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Post by blisterpeanuts »

dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

dwoot's posting (and replies) seems much more useful than the article, which simply lists a whole bunch of links with no description or commentary. A curated list is, to my mind, much better than a simple search result that anyone can come up with.

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Post by petercooper »

127 wrote: post #7

I think a lot of educational Youtube channels aren't that great in actually teaching you anything. What they are great at is sparking the interest and planting the seed for your own work. At least my experience is that actually doing things is how I learn them. Youtube can be a great springboard for that. Things to look out for: a person you like and who has enthusiasm and knowledge. For example EEVBlog Youtube chann…

The same with podcasts. Even if I listen to some reasonably dry technical podcasts I always find I'm brimming with ideas afterwards having been inspired by some random comment made by the host or the interviewee. Do I ever remember much of the actual content? Not really.

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Post by dwoot »

searchableguy wrote: post #71
dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

If I may, I also suggest: Ben Eater: electronics, networking, computer architecture, breadboards, and information theory. Missing semester: Great introduction to computer science and basic programming skills. Good as a reference. BPS.space: Aerospace engineering, rockets and stuff. Andreas Kling: computer OS from scratch. Numberphile, computerphile and so on for quick bites. Edit: fixed typo

I forgot to list Ben Eater. And thanks for sharing some others that I wasn't yet familiar with! :)

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Post by AlchemistCamp »

Swizec wrote: post #53
sokoloff wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I very much want to be taught and can afford to pay a reasonable amount of money, provided my time is used efficiently. I’m not rich, but I’ve got a lot more money than time to invest. I’m getting my money’s worth if you efficiently teach me (the critical elements of) a topic for $250 in 5 hours. The market seems to prefer to pay $11 for 25-40 hours of content. (And I admit to having bought hundreds of dollars of Ude…

Yep you’re the sweet spot for me. Exactly what I target :) The part that makes me sad are complainers who buy a $200 course then ask for a refund because they blazed through it in an afternoon and feel like $200 should be at least 3 weeks of content.

How many hours of video are in such a course of yours?

Since I sell a subscription service, I've mostly studied others doing the same, but I've bought a few courses from very successful creators. Adam Wathan, for example, sells a 4 hour course for $150 a 22 hour course for $250. He's later said in interviews that he regretted making it such a giant course.

If I were to sell a one-off course, it would probably be at least somewhat grounded by those values since it's what the market has already set.

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Post by Yoofie »

PretzelFisch wrote: post #23

Do people find success learning from video? As a class lecture along with a pros I find it ok but not as well as a book. I am not sure if I am old or an outliner. Most youtube/videos lessons seem to move to fast and gloss over details.

Interesting, I find most videos and the pace of content too slow. If the playback speed setting was not available, Youtube would be borderline painful to use as a learning platform.

What bothers me is that most other instructional videos (outside of Youtube) never have a playback speed option, especially corporate training & overview videos.

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Post by dorkwood »

127 wrote: post #7

I think a lot of educational Youtube channels aren't that great in actually teaching you anything. What they are great at is sparking the interest and planting the seed for your own work. At least my experience is that actually doing things is how I learn them. Youtube can be a great springboard for that. Things to look out for: a person you like and who has enthusiasm and knowledge. For example EEVBlog Youtube chann…

The thing that makes YouTube a bit crap for learning is that content creators are incentivized to make their videos longer than they need to be, so something that should take less than a minute to explain now takes 10 minutes.

I stumbled across a good example of this today while trying to figure out how to undo a camera move in Cinema4D, a software package I don't usually use. Now, the answer to this question is "ctrl+shift+z". But if I search the question on Google, the first result is a 3 minute YouTube video titled "Cinema 4D Quick Tip: How To Undo Camera Move In Cinema 4D", where the first mention of the shortcut is 2 minutes into the video. At this point, both YouTube and Google are purposefully surfacing the least helpful links in order to increase engagement.

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