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Re:Ask HN: Do you prefer to learn programming from books or ... by jfaucett on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:46PM (#13716528)
I don't think this is age dependent. I prefer books to videos for learning programming stuff and I'm in my late 20s. The book/ebook gives me time to review/parse/think about what the code is doing. I can also proceed at my own pace, skimming over stuff thats irrelevant and spending more time on parts I need to think about. Doing any of that is difficult with a video.
Re:Ask HN: Do you prefer to learn programming from books or ... by davelnewton on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:58PM (#13716653)
I suspect there's a correlation between age and preference, but this is (a) just a hunch, and (b) just a generality--there are always outliers.