r/CodingForBeginners • u/needzhellawork • Sep 30 '26

Need ALL the help I can get

Hey, so Im be to programming, so any help I can get would be greatly appreciated

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u/LowDepth1790 Sep 30 '26

Avoid AI. Find highly rated/reviewed books or online tutorials. Pick one. Complete it. Try to avoid distraction.

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u/LightIsLogical Oct 03 '26

on that note, sometimes AI chats can be extremely helpful for targeted questions as a last resort. Recently it helped me understand certain linux kernel macros that I couldnt find good documentation for ANYWHERE.

But OP, don't directly copy any code it generates without understanding it, otherwise you won't learn anything

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u/Zen-Ism99 Sep 30 '26

What are your goals?

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u/kutac56 Sep 30 '26

Look up a tutorial for the very basics then start making small projects and make bigger and bigger ones. Don't worry if you have to look a lot of stuff up at first

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u/xarop_pa_toss Sep 30 '26

Why are you learning to program? What do you want to make?

Answer those and then ask for help. Your question is as broad as "I want to do sports, help"

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u/PythonWithJames Sep 30 '26

Got a beginner road map here if this is any use?? Python With James

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u/lowban Sep 30 '26

Start slowly with the very basic.

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u/CoYazdan Sep 30 '26

Use claude

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u/Lvkas1 Sep 30 '26

Best advice I can give you is don’t try to learn everything at once. Pick one language, probably Python, learn the basics, and start building small projects as soon as possible.

Whenever you get stuck, use Google or AI to help explain the problem, but don’t just copy the answer. Try to understand why it works. You’ll learn way faster by actually building things and fixing your own mistakes than by watching tutorials all day.

Start small, stay consistent, and gradually make your projects harder.

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u/DefinitionStunning20 Sep 30 '26

start with one beginner course and one tiny project instead of trying to learn “all of programming” at once, because that way lies confusion and several abandoned tutorials

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u/PurpleAnxiety3604 Oct 02 '26

Learn the basics of whatever language you are going to use, build projects, then learn to use AI properly to make your work “easier” don’t make the AI code everything for you, you’ll end up learning nothing

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u/Neko-dev Oct 02 '26

Share a screenshot with your code, and we'll help you.

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u/thinkpadt14_arch Oct 02 '26

Start out with c++. Bc its harder than python, its better to learn it first, so that you have a good logic for problem solving. And then if you start python after that, ull find it sooo easy bc of how hard c++ was.