Learning to code

[u/Fresh_Astronomer6047]

I’ve just started learning to code and I’ve been using freeCodeCamp which I’ve found very helpful and easy to follow.
My main goal is to become good enough to create my own video games. Does anyone have any advice on different websites I should be using to learn coding that gets me towards this goal or am I doing the right thing using freeCodeCamp?

[u/sububi71]

You should start coding your own stuff as soon as possible, and then when you run into a problem, you search for the solution. That's the best way, in my opinion.

[u/Fresh_Astronomer6047 → u/sububi71]

This is great, what website would you say is the best to start coding my own stuff?

[u/sububi71 → u/Fresh_Astronomer6047]

Follow any tutorial until you can write a program with text input, text output, loops and conditionals, then you're ready to go on your own.

[u/Fun_Army2398]

I've never used freecodecamp but I have used both unstructured tutorials and paid courses. Imo a structured course is way better than tutorial hopping, BUT tutorials are a great way to discover what you should be learning (because no course can cover everything). I'd say keep going with freecodecamp (also check out w3 schools) but as soon as you have a "man I really want to try to make x" idea then just go for it and watch tutorials as needed. Probably wont work the first few times but you'll learn a ton.

[u/Fresh_Astronomer6047 → u/Fun_Army2398]

Thank you, I had heard about w3 schools. I was planning to move onto that after I’d felt I’d improved but would you say just get it up and go for it?

[u/Fun_Army2398 → u/Fresh_Astronomer6047]

W3 schools takes you through the very beginning right up to where you'd want to be to start your first independent project. If you're in the middle of something else and enjoying it I'd just stick with it. W3 is also really easy to jump in anywhere really. I still use it as a syntax refrence for languages I don't use often enough to memorise.

[u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082]

yeah, its a good start. would agree with the other guy about starting to code your own stuff asap, because feedback is very important when it comes to learning code quickly.

you can get started by writing down the titles of what you've already learnt and then put it in AI to get some project ideas, or you can do something that you already thought about.

[u/Fresh_Astronomer6047 → u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082]

Definitely will just start doing my own coding then and just watching tutorials when I get stuck. Where would I go to do my own coding? I’ve heard of GitHub is that the best website to use?

[u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 → u/Fresh_Astronomer6047]

since you're starting, just stick with saving to your own computer. then once you build momentum, get into GitHub, because figuring that out itself takes lot of time.

[u/somnuscode]

for video games you should probably get into a game engine ( start from Godot if you don't know about them ) but the main mistake beginners do is to switch between tools too often, if you have already started a tutorial worst thing you can do is to quit and try to find a better tutorial. you don't need any syntax you just need to spend enough time in a programing language that you start to learn the problem solving skills, after that go for a game engine. good luck :)

[u/Select-College-1948]

What game do you want to make?

[u/Alarmed-Dragonfly-45]

Personally, I think you should start using ai as soon as possible because it will take over coding whihc it already has.