I much prefer written content. A few reasons:

• reading is quicker for me,
• reading is a more active brain task so I absorb the information more,
• it's much easier to skim (or Ctrl+F) in an article to reference something than it is to scrub through a video timeline
• you can copy and paste code snippets.

I do occasionally prefer a video for introducing me to a brand new concept, or for high-level abstract topics. TheWET Codebase talk from Dan Abramov is a good example of something I would not take in as well in writing.

As an aside, I imagine DEV members will on average prefer written content, given that's what it's a platform for?

The written format is the one I usually prefer
I find it easier since I can copy and test code, tinker around with it and scroll to the parts of the tutorial I need, without the hassle of going through the whole article

Written. As long as it is well written. I like being able to go at my own pace and try out code before going on to the next section of the article. I find I get far more from written then I do video. That being said video is nice occasionally to re-enforce complicated topics or to get a brief overview of a new topic.

I prefer written because written saves time at-least for me, lets suppose someone made a video of 10 min explain some topics then to understand that you need to waste your 10 minutes when i can consume the same thing with 2 minutes of reading thats my way of thinking and what i do.

Both..

If I want to learn new things and dont know where to start, e.g: "I want to learn NodeJS", then I prefer video.

But..

If I want to search spesific usecase, e.g. "how to connect NodeJS to Redis", then I prefer article.

Completelly agree. Moreover you can check the documentation much faster this way than if it was a video 😅

+1 on the written format here.

I generally prefer videos, if I'm honest. The format typically allows for quick little asides that more fully explain why a given thing is being done. Articles tend to have a lot of this information stripped out in the editing process.

I like both, when I am learning something from scrash videos is a good option but whenI want to review a library or extension of something that I know I prefer read and article also when I am following a guide to complete a setup.

I prefer reading. But when I want to use new skills right away, I watch youtube videos. Like, when I got an assignment from the interview, I had to use 'react-query' that I didn't know and had to wrote test code, so, I watched videos about that and I could use them following their styles that were on the videos.

Why choose? If content is great, I consume anything. Videos are something I prepare for (get the headset, reserve some time), while articles and documentation is something I use more often and more casually and/or in spots