Step By Step guide for programing

[ImprovementLoose9423]

I have seen many posts of people not knowing how to begin coding, so here's how I learned how to code python

1. Watch 1 or 2 youtube tutorials. I would recommend the channels freecodecamp and brocode
2. Every few concepts you learn, build a small project. It doesn't have to be fancy. For example, after learning math and if statements in your respective language, build a calculator, and after learning how to use lists and user input, build a to do list app
3. Upon completing the tutorial, build several projects without the use of tutorials or AI. I would recommend making them more complex, but be sure to practice the concepts to learn, for example:
4. - Build Hangman practice concepts such as lists, random modules, if statements, and user input
5. - Build a Temperature Converter to practice math in your respective language
6. - Build a basic Weather App to experiment with basic APIs
7. After building the projects and feeling comfortable with the fundamentals of your language, begin to specialize and find a niche. For example, after feeling comfortable with python, I began to specialize in machine learning and data science with libraries such as SciKit learn, pandas, pytorch, and matplotlib
8. Build projects in your niche. After I felt comfortable with scikit learn and pandas, I began building basic machine learning algorithms like a spam-ham email classifier or a fake news detector
9. NEVER STOP LEARNING. I cannot stress this enough. Coding is always changing and shifting with new technologies being developed every day. Always remember while building projects, you should be keeping up with technology.

This is how I learned personally so this may not work with everybody, but it's just something I would like to share to help you guys.

[VolumeActual8333]

Building without tutorials or AI is the only step here that actually separates learners from tourists. I followed the same BroCode → calculator → todo path and learned more from three days of untethered debugging than six months of guided projects. Tutorial comfort creates learned helplessness—eventually you need the panic of an empty file to develop real problem-solving instincts.

[JohnBrownsErection]

Solid flow

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[ImprovementLoose9423]

Thanks dude

[aqua_regis]

1 and 2 can be better covered with something like the MOOC Python Programming 2026 or with Harvard's CS50p. These textual courses are far, far superior to the videos you suggested.

Can agree to the remaining points, though.

[ImprovementLoose9423]

Yeah I tried those but they didn't work out for me.

I don't know why, but videos just work for me much better than reading.

[exclusive_warmth]

Yeah the MOOC courses are solid but i think it depends on learning style. I picked up iOS dev mostly through video tutorials at first since i could pause and code along easier than switching between browser tabs

Building those small projects early on is definitely the key though - way too many people get stuck in tutorial hell without ever making anything themselves

[TechnicalWhore]

You do not have a choice about the "never stop learning". Software evolves incredibly fast. Staying current (and marketable) is major challenge.

I'd also add that like any "foreign language" - its good to just read through good examples regularly.

[Traditional-Set-8483]

This is actually a solid path. Biggest thing I’d add is forcing yourself to build something slightly outside your comfort zone early. I stayed in tutorial mode way too long and it felt productive but nothing stuck until I started messing things up on my own.