What do you prefer?
Are you a reader or a watcher? What is your preferred way to learn new things in programming, tech etc.?
Why?
What do you prefer?
Are you a reader or a watcher? What is your preferred way to learn new things in programming, tech etc.?
Why?
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I need both. Very often I'll watch a video or two and then go read the documentation.
Video begins the process of opening the door to new ideas but it's documentation that throws the doors wide open.
There's a few different learning styles that work best for me. I usually start with reading about something because that's the way that I learn the best. But, failing that, I watch tutorials.
What really makes me understand something is actually doing it, so regardless of where I'm getting the information, I won't learn anything tech related until I actually do the thing that I'm trying to learn. Tech is about the only field that I'm a kinetic learner in, it's very strange. Everything else I've studied, I've learned more by reading.
I use both, but I start with the videos.
The videos either give me a quick window into the jargon or a realistic example of how it can be used. Videos also give me a quick glimpse of if said tech is worth learning at the moment, or if I need to find something else.
I then follow up with reading for the full deep dive.
I'm a watcher but I combine both
writing. you read faster than you can watch!
also, less easy to get distracted by cat videos.
I think it's good to do a combination of all different learning styles, you might remember different things from different methods
Mostly written, but sometimes if I find a video that gives a bird's eye view of the whole thing then I might watch that first. It's a good starting point to know where to dig deeper.
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