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Question about learning Python with a book versus an online course
I tried to learn Python from a big textbook I got at the library, but I got stuck after two weeks. Then I paid $15 for a course on Udemy that had video projects. Building a simple weather app in the course made everything click for me. The videos showing each step were way better than just reading code blocks. Has anyone else found one way to learn much faster than the other?
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jenny475d ago
Yeah my buddy had the exact same thing happen. He tried to learn from a free pdf but just stared at the pages. Then he did a cheap video course where you make a dumb little game, and he said watching someone type the code live made it stick. Some brains just need to see the process, not just the final code. He finished that course in a weekend after the book collected dust for a month.
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mark4365d ago
Totally! It's like watching someone build a model instead of just looking at the box art. The mistakes and the little fixes they make along the way are the real lesson. That's why I can't stand those polished tutorials where they just cut to the finished code.
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