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Yes but… sometimes, sometimes, a video is so important.
I was trying to troubleshoot an issue where something just wasn’t working. All the text-based resources just showed the commands people were running and the steps they were taking. But, while I wasn’t getting errors, I was getting different results.
I really needed to know whether the output from the command I ran matched the output from the command when someone else ran it, because for me things broke after that one step. Nobody posting in text-based stuff was posting the output of the commands they were running, just the commands they were running and the files they were using.
So, I found someone doing a tutorial who did a video. They also were talking through the commands they were running, the process they were following, etc. But, BUT, they were sharing their screen as they did it, and for a second I was able to see the output they got, and that it was subtly different from what I was seeing, and that was the key to figuring out what was wrong.
Most of the time videos suck, the output isn’t searchable, the pacing is mostly too slow, you can’t copy and paste, etc. But, every once in a while, the fact that videos include a full replay of every thing the person does means that you can see where what you did diverges from what someone else did.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. Back 10-15 years ago I was learning JavaScript, Python, CSS etc and I saw people say “I learned programming from videos!” and was wtf, how? Maybe a video explanation could be okay, but trying to extract certain kinds of technical information from a video is maddening and takes 10x as long as getting it from text.
It works great if you’re starting from 0 - you see every keystroke, you get hours of background information you may or may not need. It’s dumping the entire process from start to finish on you. You can follow along, understanding what you can and copying what you don’t
And then slowly, more and more of the excess information is just things you already know. Now you’re looking at a 40 minute video that may or may not have one sentence of information you’re searching for, the entire thing explaining it to you like you’re a total newbie
It makes me want to pull out my hair
I agree. If you’re starting something new and just want to get the gist of it, a video could definitely be helpful. Where I get frustrated is if I only want a reference for one or two specific things, and I have to skip through this 40 minute video to find the 2 sentences and code example I’m looking for.
hard agree. I never have learned anything from a video in terms of software development… now working on my car on the other hand… many times over
If you need to go back and review it videos suck. But for getting introduced to it the first time they’re good. Udemy and other companies are just that. They also let you have text to review afterwards and even little quizzes.
video? fine.
20 minutes video?
who are you kidding?
See a post about an interesting topic.
It’s a link to a video. There’s no text describing it and no comments.
Smash that back button. And downvote, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Same. The video culture is a disgrace.
smash that like and subscribe button
Bitch I don’t even know who you are yet, put that nonsense at the end
We’re evolving past the need for reading and writing, haven’t you heard? https://youtu.be/6wCml0g2mRE
