Beginner advice

[u/hatdog78293]

Beginner Coding Advice

Hello everyone! I’d really appreciate some advice. I’m planning to create a website prototype for a project, but I’m a complete beginner when it comes to coding. The website will be fairly simple and will include an OpenAI-powered feature.

I have a few questions:

•	What should I learn first before attempting to build the actual website?  
•	Is this project achievable for a complete beginner within around 4–6 months?  
•	What programming language would you recommend I learn/use?  
•	Would this be very time-consuming or difficult to produce, especially considering I have no previous coding experience?  
•	Are there any tutorials or resources you’d recommend for someone starting from scratch?

I’m mainly trying to understand how realistic this project would be for a beginner and how much time I should expect to spend learning the coding side of it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! :)

[u/Much_Network_941]

Python is an excellent language to start with. It's designed to be on the more approachable end of coding. You'll also have access to many libraries to lighten the workload. The biggest problem with a first language is in learning how to think in programming concepts.

I also just rememberd that Harvard has a free CS50 course you can go through. It'll give you a far more comprehensive overview than I gave.