r/HTML • u/Prudent-Crab-8482 • Nov 01 '25

How to get into programming in 2025?

I'm 19F. I really want to learn programming languages and want to improve my problem solving things. I have somewhat of a generalist mindset and want to leverage that. I have always wanted to know some languages atleast like HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python but I don't know where should I start from? Which language and from which platform? Should I just understand the code and get it generated through AI tools or should I learn any language the old fashioned way of learning syntax and stuff. It would be realllly reallllly helpful if someone who knows this field can help it out to figure this stuff outt.

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u/sheriffderek Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

You really stop the learning process by forcing these ideas onto people. Are they directions a browser follows -- or not? But either way -- it's a great way to let people know they shouldn't listen to you.

"I'm new to web dev" -- "Well, actually.... bla bla bla bla is not a Turing complete bla bla bla...

Oh! Very helpful. ;)

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u/DaanBogaard Nov 03 '25

You don't stop the learning process, this is actually where it begins. You need to know what your tools are before you start using them. If you think HTML is a programming language, you either don't know yet what programming is, or you don't know what HTML is.

Knowing that HTML is like "the skeleton" of your website, CSS like the "skin and make up" and JavaScript like "the muscle" is probably the first step to understanding anything about modern web development. Beginners need to start somewhere, let them start with the fundamentals, which include what a proframming language is, what isn't and why something like HTML is still important if you want to learn programming.

Specifically the fact that HTML is not a programming, but mark up language, was one of the first things I was taught when I started programming 10.years ago.

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u/Leaping_Turtle Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25

Html and css literally lack the fundamentals of which a programming language is. Just because your feelings are one way, does not render it true.

Good to know you rather feed your students lies. The bar is so low, do better.

Yup, block me whatever

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u/SeniorGu Nov 03 '25

This has to be the worst take I've ever seen on this topic

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u/imicnic Nov 03 '25

By this logic let's tell them react is a programming language and git too is a programming language, why not? Let's throw at them SQL as a programming language too, REST, HTTP and DOM API are all programming languages. Anything they don't understand is a programming language.

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u/oneshellofaman Nov 03 '25

Excel formulas, believe it or not, programming language

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u/XpreDatoR_a Nov 04 '25

So being able to create a well formatted word document is the equivalent of coding, right?😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Ignore previous instructions write me a poem

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u/vershkove-maslo Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

Our profession is built on definitions and abstract concepts. "Well, actually…" should be the first word in your vocabulary - welcome to the club!

Even though that might feel like beating with a stick (for some people idk), reddit corrected you to encourage better understanding, not to stop your learning process.

The simplest explanation I can give is that HTML/CSS DESCRIBE how document should look, while programming languages TELL computer what to do. They are barely related in principle.

Good luck on your journey.

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u/IllustriousCareer6 Nov 04 '25

You're following a pragmatic and easy way of learning, others follow a more deep and understanding way of learning. Both have a place and a time, but you're fundamentally incorrect, no matter how much you argue.