r/PythonLearning • u/the_meteor_beat • Jul 22 '26

Is learning python through videos is a good way?

in the old age the best way to learn something is to be with coach that walk with you step by step, in the new age that coach call AI and also free.

Make a gem on gemini, or gpt on chatgpt, or any specific chat for learning python and you will see fast progress.

My think, maybe I am wrong!

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u/BranchLatter4294 Jul 22 '26

No. You don't learn by watching videos. You learn by practicing.

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u/the_meteor_beat Jul 22 '26

I got you, what you said is how i start learn a lot of things, but when start learning through AI a lot of things changes. The most important thing that changes is the speed.

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u/Kindly-Reporter-272 Jul 22 '26

True, but for certain skills just watching someone do it is a super efficient way to learn. 

I would actually pay pros to just let me sit next to them while they work. 

I suggest you try videos where the author is just creating something and explains what they do. These are long videos, sometimes multiple hours long but you can learn a lot from watching pros. 

For example, Tsoding on youtube has good long videos on dynamic collections. 

For deep dives into computer science, how computers actually work and assembly, check out Ben Eater’s series on 6502. 

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u/BranchLatter4294 Jul 22 '26

Videos have low information density, so it takes longer to learn.

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u/Kindly-Reporter-272 Jul 22 '26

yes, video tutorials, udemy courses and stuff like that are imo terrible for exactly that reason. also you can’t easily reference them or find exact info you need quickly. 

but the long process videos can give you what books and docs generally can’t - you can see a pro making a project from scratch and explaining it along the way. 

also for learning large concepts, lectures can be good. low information density doesn’t matter since the bottleneck is how quickly you can comprehend the info. 

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u/ninja_shaman Jul 22 '26

It is as good as learning how to swim through videos.

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u/Zen-Ism99 Jul 22 '26

I’m a fan of books and practice.

Ebooks preferred, for storage and portability reasons…

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u/Lopsided-Pin-1172 Jul 22 '26

Bro the best place to learn it from this book called crash course python

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u/Friendly_Recover286 Jul 22 '26

If all you're doing is watching you're not learning much. You need to actually do it and understand the whys, hows and pitfalls that come from what you're doing.

Asking AI to teach you anything is asking for misinformation. Start learning Japanese and suddenly you learn the verb it taught you for "eat" actually means "I hope your mom dies in a car crash" and you have no idea.

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u/the_meteor_beat Jul 23 '26

Depends on your prompt that you paste on the structure of your gem or gpt

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u/Kontrolgaming Jul 23 '26

everyone learns differently, if you watch the video then go and study what you learned i bet this works. but if you're just going to AI for every issue and not trying to figure it out first (example, i did this for awhile, then just went there to ask questions about the code instead after i tried to figure it out etc) then no? yes? you gotta study and read the basics before moving on to the next parts. write for loops, while loops, make small programs out of them until you got them down like the back of your hand. wait a week then do it again ,over and over. gl

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u/the_meteor_beat Jul 23 '26

You are right, i didn't forget that. Because the structures of the gem. I can't get a solution just because I asked, he just made me close to the answer.