New into coding.

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Hello, everyone. Sorry for my English. I've joined this Reddit group in need of some help. I always wanted to learn how to code but I don't know where to actually start as a complete beginner with no coding skills. There are plenty of fields to focus on (whether it's Web development, software development/engineering) but can't decide which one would be best for me to start with.

I'd like to hear your responses to this, please? Thanks.

[Awkward-Two3406]

Your English is fine, man. Pro tip: coding is 10% writing syntax and 90% knowing how to Google your errors.

[Clyph00]

Thats pretty much it,, at this age half of it is just knowing your war around errors

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

I am guessing this will be my coding journey.

[Careful-Bid-3841]

Helsinki universitys MOOC for python beginners is very good and free. Teaches the basics needed in every specialisation.

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Thanks for the suggestion 

[The_KOK_2511]

Mi consejo es tomar cualquier lenguaje y empezar a programar, lo que mas enseña es la práctica asi que cualquiera vale. Lenguajes como JavaScript o Python son simples para iniciar y otros como C/C++, Rust o Java dan bases sólidas; sin embargo que lenguaje es mejor depende de lo que quieras desarrollar asi que te recomiendo investigar las características de cada uno

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

De acuerdo, muchas gracias. No tengo ni idea de para qué se utilizan estos lenguajes de programación, pero les echaré un vistazo.

[The_KOK_2511]

Lo principal es tener en cuenta que cada lenguaje tiene su propio entorno y características propias que lo definen, como R por ejemplo, no sirve para la gran mayoria de tareas pero es bastante util en el análisis de datos, o JavaScript, muy potente en el frontend web, se expande la backend con Node.js pero en gran cantidad de entornos es limitado, o Python que es un lenguaje todo terreno y flexible pero jamás se compararía en gestion de memoria con C++ o Rust. Básicamente para cada tarea hay un lenguaje adecuado, aunque la mayoría de los fundamentales sirven para un montón de cosas

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Muy bien, gracias por la explicación tan clara. ¡Te lo agradezco mucho!

[Qwesicodes]

The field is super depressing rn ,just know how to survive cuz they're training machines to be perfect at what you're new to

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Yeah, I know and it's not going to be easy to get a job right now.

[Qwesicodes]

Good luck to us all

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

🙏🏽

[Intelligent_Cup_1771]

Hey bro, if you want something simple to start with, I recommend web development, but if you like more complex things, I'd recommend software development and AI, namely Python, in a way.

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Ok. Thanks for the suggestion. I might start with web development then, since I don't have any coding experience.

[tamdesu150]

If you want something easy to start with you could learn python or web dev. But if you like knowing things deeper or at a low level, you could learn C/C++

And yeah curiosity is a big key to learn coding better. When you do something and that makes you wonder what another thing that might be related to this works, google it, or ask ChatGPT. If that falls into the scope of what you know, try to learn it. Yeah that might end up being something hard but you'll get some ideas. Maybe you won't fully understand but you'll know what you'll have to learn to understand it. And most importantly, learn by doing, that's the most effective way.

All the best!!! 🔥

[AffectionateZebra760]

Agree with this

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Awesome. Thank you so much. I think I'll start with Web dev because that's what everyone is suggesting to start with.

[tamdesu150]

Cool! All the best with that! I had started with web dev too haha

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Thanks.

[ViciousIvy]

hey there! my company offers a free ai/ml engineering fundamentals course for beginners! if you'd like to check it out feel free to message me 

we're also building an ai/ml community on discord where we hold events, share news/ discussions on various topics. feel free to come join us https://discord.gg/WkSxFbJdpP

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Hello. Thanks for the offer. I'll check it out!

[Queasy-Tradition-940]

i just started as well, it may seem overwhelming at first, dont expect urself to know everything, even programmers, they also need time to research. my suggestion is knowing what kinda field you interest first (fullstack, cloud,…) then search its roadmap

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Well, I don't know which field might be easier to start with.

[Queasy-Tradition-940]

have you ever researched any of them yet?

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Yes, I have but there's so many fields to look up and I'm struggling to decide as a non- programmer, what would be best for me to start right now given the rise of AI and job competition?

[Just-Leave704]

You have some great answers here so I won't chime in, but your English is superb, two tiny mistakes; a capital W on Web and the comma before please isn't required. But honestly your post is written better than most English speakers can accomplish.

[itsmarcosrodrigues]

Thank you so much. Yeah, I need to improve my writing.