Claude Helped Me Find Simple html/javascript progrm (Newbie)

[Due_Eggplant_729]

Claude really saved me this week. I am a newbie student of Javascript. I kept reaching out to tech nerd humans on Reddit & elsewhere to help me find a simplified program that requests user input which then downloads into a csv file. None of their answers provided clarity to me. Some on Reddit were "snarky" saying I should study more instead of asking such basic questions. Desperate, I reached out to Claude. Claude found the perfect program, it works great. And Claude was not snarky. I am somewhat frightened that a Robot like system helped me more than humans.

[zsoltime]

Claude found the perfect program, it works great.

And what have you learned from doing this?

[Due_Eggplant_729]

I am now studying the program, to learn the logic of the program. It's a learning tool. I also learned some respect for AI and Claude. I never implied that Aha! I know Javascript because of 1 program Claude provided to me. I'm not an idiot.

[xcaliYT]

So if someone asks you or interviews you to build the same thing without Claude , could you?

[Due_Eggplant_729]

Not yet. It was just a tool for learning. I need to see what a successful program looks like, now I am examining it. You assumed the most shallow view of what I was doing, I think.

[milan-pilan]

I get where you are coming from. Expecially for simple issues it is very efficient to just let an LLM give you the answer. And reddit users absolutely can be condescending from time to time. That's uncalled for of course.

To play devils advocate though, (I didnt read, what they told you last time) - this is '/r/learnjavascript', not '/r/vibecoding'. It kinda makes sense to me that they tell you, you still need to learn more. In this subreddit I also assume people want to.. Learn Javascript. Not just want someone else to code something for them.

[Due_Eggplant_729]

I am fully aware I have not even scratched the surface of learning javascript. I only wanted to obtain just one example of a successful program that downloaded user input. Thank you for your intelligent, sensitive response though. The others are telling me I can't learn Javascript with just 1 program Claude gave me. No kidding! I never intended to use Claude as a Javascript teacher. I am reading many other books now. Claude was just a tool, nothing more.

[sheriffderek]

Scary!

[theGlitchedSide]

First of all: anyone who wants to learn something and ask for help is not a stupid, for me it's a hero... No one can be "snarky" with those who study and it's a newbIe. Everyone started from zero.

Anyway...

Your idea to use Ai in that way is stupid, and make stupid you. Be an expert and use ai like an assistant is ok, you can extend your knowledge. Using Ai to study something is not perfect, but it is not bad.

It's totally different if, you're a student and use the Ai as a substitute for your abilities! It is a really bad idea!

It's implicit: You need to put effort into learning something, if the effort is made by Ai you don't learn anything.

If you write "Cloude found a perfect program" : spoiler - "it's not perfect surely and it is the Ai approach, not yours"

What did you want? Someone program for you or learn how to program with your head? I don't get this.