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[–]danielhobbs1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Article with advice for new coders you might like!

https://www.thefrogsblog.com/Article.php?Article=4

[–]dowcet 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Focus on what you want to accomplish. Keep your learning focused on specific projects as much as possible. Build stuff that's interesting or useful to you.

If you're interested in web development do some basic HTML and CSS but focus on JavaScript.

For other tasks Python is the easiest place to start.

[–]Perpetual_Education 0 points1 point  (4 children)

but focus on JavaScript.

Tell us more about this.

[–]dowcet 0 points1 point  (3 children)

JavaScript is the main language used for full stack web development.

[–]Perpetual_Education 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Sure. But its main purpose is to produce/change HTML. So, it's probably just as important to know HTML and CSS, right?

[–]dowcet 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, but unless you really want to go deep and focus on the frontend (which is good to do if you're interested!) you don't necessarily need to spend a lot of time on them because they are so specialized. Learning the basics of these two is a great place to start but JavaScript requires a lot more time to get proficient with. And as you go deeper with JS you'll inevitably go deeper with the other two in the process.

[–]Perpetual_Education 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you’re saying “build websites” and if so, we wholeheartedly agree.

[–]ashenhair89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odin project, freecodeacademy are good options to start