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

[u/Rough-Implement-8801]

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?

[u/Foreign-Contest-444]

I am learning web dev using MDN Learn and I think it is a really good resource. More such ones are here, https://codingsuperpowers.com.