Ya, I think a balanced approach is the best, begin by reaing or watching videos, but not too much, just to get an overall idea, then get hands on but don't stop

Ya, I think a balanced approach is the best, begin by reaing or watching videos, but not too much, just to get an overall idea, then get hands on but don't stop there, read more code and watch more videos and continue the process for your life time! I sometimes get carried away and stop reading more after I cross some threshold which prevented me from noticing lot of nice things like best practices that were happening in the industry/or better design patterns etc..