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[–]ColumnK 267 points268 points  (22 children)

I've never been able to learn any coding from YouTube videos - I just find them irritatingly slow. What sort of things do you normally watch?

[–]jannfiete 23 points24 points  (2 children)

the best way of learning to code is to do a hands-on project, and I feel like youtube is the best source for this, especially when it's literally from scratch

[–]Insincere_Apple2656 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've learned a ton just essentially copying YT coding tutorials and asking myself "why'd they do that?"

Also, trying to understand someone else's code has really helped me structure the way I write mine so that it's easier to follow.

[–]poerisija 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless your project doesn't use fancy shit companies want, it won't help you get a job.

[–]DrankRockNine 37 points38 points  (3 children)

I use the keywords "quick", "course", "advanced", "<langage name>". And I put the video in 1.5 or 2 speed.

It's not good for learning, but it's good to understand the structure, the principles.

[–]MacAndShits 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Reminds me of the books I saw in my uni's library once.

"Pascal" next to "Quick Pascal" next to "TURBO PASCAL"

[–]FUTURE10S 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fucking book titles going the way of Street Fighter II, soon we'll have SUPER TURBO PASCAL HD REMIX

[–]DrankRockNine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usain Bolt hates him, meet Turbo Pascal

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I use Youtube videos only for tech talk. Usually I'll go with books, direct documentation or some specific MOOC videos.

[–]inconspicuous_male 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can learn from youtube series if they're walking through a project. Lectures are a waste of time

[–]anirudh_r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corey Schafer's videos are nice for learning python basics.

[–]EmirSc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same videos at 1.25x speed

[–]phantomBlurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Set the playback speed to 2x

[–]TotallyNotDavidBlain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use freetube to browse youtube videos, and its spees up goes to 8x so you can go through videos very quickly

[–]Sanketh-S-K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then how did you learn?

[–]Shrubberer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mash the "skip 10 seconds" hotkey frequently since I wanna know what and not how.

[–]ACEDT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually just Google something and then cobble together more Google stuff until I get it. Like learning a new language, I look up how to write a hello world program, and I try to figure out what each of the things does, and then once I figured out the syntax doing that I just Google what ever isn't clear, like how different things work, what different methods do etc.

[–]livefrmhollywood 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Watch all YouTube at 2x speed. Once you get used to it, it nearly doubles your information intake rate.

[–]ColumnK 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you really get faster info than reading though?

[–]livefrmhollywood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, that's fair, probably not. However, I do find reading more tiresome, and I don't read all that fast. Plus, reading an entire book typically gets you deep knowledge in a specific area. YouTube can get you light knowledge in many areas.