Switched from video tutorials to reading docs and it clicked finally

I spent 3 weeks watching Python tutorials on YouTube and kept getting lost in the fluff, so last Tuesday I just opened the official Python docs and read the first 10 pages on variables and loops. Actually understanding the rules instead of copying someone else's code made me feel like I could write my own stuff from scratch. Has anyone else had a moment where a different learning style just worked better for them?

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juliawalker1mo ago

Wait, did you actually sit through 3 WEEKS of tutorials before giving up? That's some serious dedication to the wrong approach, I would've rage quit after day 3.

adam_anderson61mo ago

i mean i get where you're coming from but honestly i had the exact opposite experience. watching someone actually code and run into errors and fix them on the fly was way more useful than any documentation has ever been for me. docs just feel like reading a dictionary sometimes, you know? like yeah all the info is there but it doesn't teach you how to think through the problem or debug when things break. maybe it's just me but i need to see the messy real world application before the formal rules make any sense.