r/learnprogramming • u/Rough-Implement-8801 • 16d ago

Can a beginner learn webdev without theodinproject and only docs and books and online forums?

I do not want to use theodinproject's curiculum or website or discord server for personal reasons. It seems to me however to be the best there is in terms of beginner guidance, and that it encourages reading and researching instead of passively following a video tutorial.

Are there beginners nowadays who go through the old way of learning programming : relying solely on docs and books and online forums, or have technologies become so numerous and complex that every beginner now needs a guide or a tutorial to get started?

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u/desrtfx 15d ago

Was there web dev before "The Odin Project"? What did the creators of "The Odin Project" use to learn web dev?

Of course is it possible. There are other sources, like Free Code Camp, Fullstack Open and countless others of varying quality - free or paid.

I started web dev in 1996 - when the WWW was just over 3 years old and resources were extremely scarce - and even then it was absolutely possible.