You won't only be needing knowledge but you will also needing that kind of lose along the way and that loses was not just normal losses it was an experience from trading. There's a lot of trading materials online either PDFs and videos and all of them might be helpful to you but it can't be compare to the actual experience you will be learning.
Honestly to me both are very important and while it provides benefits why not,
learning now is also easier because as you said we can take advantage of various platforms to learn,
but it's true learning and experience are different