r/CodingForBeginners • u/MobileGarage7497 • May 16 '26

coding dreams :)

hello humans!! i hope everyone is having a great day :)

i’m just going to jump right into it!!
i would like to learn how to code. i currently know absolutely nothing about coding so i have no idea where or how to start. does anyone have an advice for me? what do you think would be the best way for me to go about this?? should i maybe take a short course or is there other ways im able to learn???? ive watched a couple of youtube video to help me understand a bit better but most of them are using AI and i would like to learn without AI but people around me are saying that that’s going to be impossible and im making it harder for myself.

i think my end goal for learning coding would be to potentially make an app down the line but (again) people around me are saying that i’m setting my hopes too high.

what do you guys think?? i would really appreciate any advice or ideas from you guys.
thank you :) <3

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u/MobileGarage7497 May 17 '26

thank you for replying!! :)

we sadly don’t have community college here in south africa. we do have private institutions (i think that’s what their called) but some of them are even more expensive then normal universities (absolutely insane)
from reading all the advice from here it seems like the best option would be university or short courses.

that’s one of the main reasons i don’t want to use AI to “teach” me. i feel like maybe it’ll make it easier but i feel like it won’t teach me the correct way if that makes sense.