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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What I can’t stand is they walk you through the same language constructs that are almost universal, like loops or if statements.

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But isn't this typical of almost all How-To videos? The problem being that the presenter has no idea what they aredoing and so they focus on what they mistakenly believe the audience wants or is interested in. How many 20 minute videos have I had to sit through just to get the 15 second nugget of information that I actually need? Too fucking many.

Once in a long while a presenter comes along who is engaging and fun to watch/listen to in his own right. But they are very rare. Unfortunately most people assume they are just exactly the bight witty ray of sunshine and information that YouTube has been waiting for. And most people are wrong. Really fucking wrong.

[–]la_cues 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I really liked this guy https://www.youtube.com/user/LearnWebCode/videos for webdev stuff. Not real programming I know, but I like his teaching stye: gets into the meat quick and doesn't treat the student like a complete idiot.

[–]suzew 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the best way is to learn programming/CS is from a book. And use other sources such as exercises and materials as supplementary material.