Are there text versions of the video tutorials somewhere?
I find videos to be terrible for technical learning, for a few reasons:
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They don’t show up on Google for keyword search.
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I can’t “ctrl-F” in a browser window to find the specific thing I want to know.
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I have to follow the presenter’s pace, rather than my own pace. Some things, I want to skim quickly. Other things, I want to make sure I really get, and re-read several times, while typing it out in my own editor.
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Can’t copy-and-paste examples from videos to play with and make sure I understand them.
Videos are okay for very high-level material, especially when the audience doesn’t already have familiarity with the area. It’s terrible for reference material, and it’s pretty bad for heterogenous study (different skill and aptitude levels of the audience.)
They are not a good match for a deeply technical study area.