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I've never understood videos as a medium for learning coding. Spoken word is just such low bandwidth.

kragen 4y ago
It's great for learning how to use an IDE and seeing the bits that people leave out of text tutorials because they assume you already know them.
programmarchy 4y ago
Low bandwidth for consuming, but very high bandwidth for publishing. Takes way less time to demonstrate something in a video than write up a blog complete with code samples, etc.
lobo_tuerto 4y ago
It's spoken words + visual stuff
- andybak 4y ago
  Yeah - I've got no problem with video as medium - it's the "listen to someone talking instead of reading words" thing that I've never understood. But as others have said - it's the effort needed to produce that might be the key factor here.
fragmede 4y ago
The low bandwidth of audio means that you can jump around with more aplomb and still get a smart foot where you are and if you missed anything, than if it were more information dense. You can also listen to it at 1.2 or 1.5 speed to up the density.
- andybak 4y ago
  See - that doesn't make sense to me. It's also the difficulty with random access that really annoys me about video tutorials. I can jump down a page of text+images and quickly figure out where to start. If I lose my place in a video I inevitably have to roughly find the spot and listen to some stuff I've already heard.
can16358p 4y ago
Some people learn by watching, some people by listening. That's why we have different mediums for different people. For example I can never learn visual things by listening. I learn much better by seeing or watching things.
- andybak 4y ago
  But you can "see and watch" things in a text-based tutorial. Short video clips and images are a key part of it. Like I've said elsewhere - it's the "person talking" bit and the linear format that I struggle with. I can skim text+images whereas video+speech forces me to consume it in large chunks at a predetermined speed (1.5x not withstanding. That's only a minor improvement)
quechimba 4y ago
I used to not like videos, but then I started leaving them on in the background. I don't think it's too different from having a teacher draw on a board in front of a class. For me, these videos are about problem solving. It's nice to watch other people solve problems, and explain difficult topics as they solve the problems in that domain...

It's great for learning how to use an IDE and seeing the bits that people leave out of text tutorials because they assume you already know them.

programmarchy 4y ago

Low bandwidth for consuming, but very high bandwidth for publishing. Takes way less time to demonstrate something in a video than write up a blog complete with code samples, etc.

lobo_tuerto 4y ago

It's spoken words + visual stuff

andybak 4y ago
Yeah - I've got no problem with video as medium - it's the "listen to someone talking instead of reading words" thing that I've never understood. But as others have said - it's the effort needed to produce that might be the key factor here.

fragmede 4y ago

The low bandwidth of audio means that you can jump around with more aplomb and still get a smart foot where you are and if you missed anything, than if it were more information dense. You can also listen to it at 1.2 or 1.5 speed to up the density.

andybak 4y ago
See - that doesn't make sense to me. It's also the difficulty with random access that really annoys me about video tutorials. I can jump down a page of text+images and quickly figure out where to start. If I lose my place in a video I inevitably have to roughly find the spot and listen to some stuff I've already heard.

can16358p 4y ago

Some people learn by watching, some people by listening. That's why we have different mediums for different people. For example I can never learn visual things by listening. I learn much better by seeing or watching things.

andybak 4y ago
But you can "see and watch" things in a text-based tutorial. Short video clips and images are a key part of it. Like I've said elsewhere - it's the "person talking" bit and the linear format that I struggle with. I can skim text+images whereas video+speech forces me to consume it in large chunks at a predetermined speed (1.5x not withstanding. That's only a minor improvement)

quechimba 4y ago

I used to not like videos, but then I started leaving them on in the background. I don't think it's too different from having a teacher draw on a board in front of a class. For me, these videos are about problem solving. It's nice to watch other people solve problems, and explain difficult topics as they solve the problems in that domain...