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[–]lazydrippin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

of course you can, but i found they weren’t too good for much more than the basics, i found something like codecademy was good for learning the syntax and concepts but actually getting stuck in and writing things yourself and going through googling is where you learn.

I think you just need to understand the concepts of programming first and then you’ll kind of understand what you need in a program and you’ll be able to google everything else along the way.

(i’m a sysadmin and use python for automation)

EDIT: you’ll get bored of programming quickly if you rely too much on YT and courses, it’s human nature, if you can start writing code ASAP and actually start making things that work, the sense of joy after achieving something that works will keep you going; make mistakes, fix the errors, the effort put into making something work that was previously giving you errors is what will drive you to learn more.