Stopped following tutorials line by line and my code actually compiled on the first try

I was stuck on a basic Python script for 3 weeks because I kept copying examples from YouTube and getting errors every time. Last Tuesday I forced myself to write the whole thing from scratch using only the official docs and it ran perfectly the first time. Has anyone else found that following tutorials too closely actually makes learning harder?

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paige4272mo ago

Idk, isn't that just called actually learning?

kim1912mo ago

Wow I always thought tutorials were the best way but you totally changed my mind on that.

the_angela2mo ago

Is it really that deep though? One successful compile doesn't mean you suddenly cracked the code, could just be luck or you finally hit the right combo of imports. Plenty of people follow tutorials and become solid devs, it's more about how you use them than ditching them altogether.