Ask HN: Can you learn web development/programming from watching video tutorials?

[Onixelen]

When I say watch video tutorials I mean practice with the video, not just passively watch.

There are a lot of paid and free video tutorials online that look great. It seems possible, but I need assurance.

[heldrida]

I find that Udemy courses are really good for this, you can follow along.

My advice is to watch and follow once, create your own project (even if this sucks), ask a lot of questions on Stackoverflow or irc freenode.

Get used to the official documentation. Find a different tutorial, follow along. Create a new project (even if it sucks).

After awhile you'll start to understand.

[quickben]

They'll make one be less lost at the start, however you still have to do the work.

[DebasishPanda]

I believe yes, video tutorials are a good way to learn. But one also needs to work with the exercises, write the code, and eventually write more code on their own :)