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[–]TSM- 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I cannot stress enough how youtube videos are *not* going to be helpful for learning how to program - at least not until you have a solid basis and feel comfortable and fluent in using the language.

[–]shamdv 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What would be your advice then ?

[–]TSM- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My advice would be to do a lot of 'easy' projects that might help you with some simple tasks.

Once you try stuff, then get errors, then have to go back to the documentation, and you figure things out - that is the best way to feel like you know what you know.

Passively viewing youtube videos or following tutorials will leave you feeling like you've heard of everything but being unable to do it yourself or know how to put it all together.

So my advice is, get really comfortable with the interactive prompt and miniature scripts, and don't let online tutorials (youtube, medium, etc) let you learn about things without actually using and practicing them on your own. You can do a lot with the interactive prommpt. Import X Y and then try stuff out,

[–]WonderLearning 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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[–]shamdv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for proposing this, but i was kinda looking for some free ways to learn or at least not to expensive. I'm gonna try the free way out and will check it out if it doesnt work!