DAE think online coding tutorials move way too fast for actual beginners?

Last Tuesday I tried following a Python tutorial from some popular YouTuber (think it was the one with the blue logo) and by minute 8 they were already throwing around terms like 'list comprehension' and 'lambda functions' like everyone just knows what those are. I had to pause and google basic stuff after every sentence. On the other hand, I spent last weekend with a free Harvard CS50 lecture that took 45 minutes to explain what a variable actually is, which felt painfully slow but I actually understood it by the end. So which side is better for someone like me who's only been coding for 3 weeks? Do you prefer the fast-paced tutorials that throw you in the deep end, or the slow ones that hold your hand through every step? Has anyone else dealt with that moment where a course loses you completely and you have to start over from scratch?

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finley_harris57d ago

That's like trying to learn guitar by jumping straight into a Metallica song when you haven't even held a pick yet. The fast ones assume you already know half the stuff they're saying, which makes no sense for someone new. Slow and steady wins every time, just like learning any real skill from scratch.

brookep277d ago

lol it's not that deep, people learn different ways

ruby_murphy7d ago

Honestly hard disagree with this one. Jumping into the deep end is literally how so many people learn anything worth knowing. You throw yourself at something hard, fail a bunch, and figure it out way faster than crawling through basics that bore you to death. The idea that you gotta build up from nothing step by step is just one way to do it, not the only way. Some of us learn best by getting wrecked and adapting on the fly, not by following some slow roadmap.