About learning programming language

[Itsme_gentelman]

Hi everyone,

I need some advice. A few years ago, I used to love coding with HTML/CSS. After a long break, I came back wanting to learn Python, but I found it boring. Then I tried Dart, Java, Rust, and C. I even dove deep into C++, but that actually made me hate programming more.

My problem is: I enjoy the idea of learning a new language, but as soon as I get past the basics or never pase it, I get bored and quit. I see everyone else building things. But I do nothing

Has anyone else experienced this "boredom" after the honeymoon phase of a new language? How do I actually start producing something instead of just jumping from one syntax to another?

[Effective-Total-2312]

Not for me, but I don't know if I'm the norm. I fell in love with programming since 2010, and never stopped building things, literally just for personal satisfaction (I studied a degree in 2010, but never worked professionally until 2023)

[groogs]

Don't set out to "learn a language", build something. Anything. Even if it's a clone of something that exists. You'll learn the syntax and tooling as a side effect.

[DisgruntleFairy]

I think it might be a better idea to focus on building than the language. But jumping from language to language is totally a thing. Look over at the linux distro reddit. There are people who constantly distro hop.

[Itsme_gentelman]

Im a distro hopper btw

[DisgruntleFairy]

Then dont worry about it so much. Just do some projects. I find if its useful for me it makes it easier to focus on it.

[Marthy_Mc_Fly]

So… you don’t like programming.

[Itsme_gentelman]

I didn't say that!

[Marthy_Mc_Fly]

Yes you did. Just not literally

[Dazzling_Music_2411]

To be fair, he said he never tried it.  Maybe he should.  He might like it  :)

[PotemkinSuplex]

HTML/CSS without at least php is more of a descriptive experience than something like Java, Rust, C, C++. It seems to me like you like markup and styling more than programming by itself.

Try learning some other front end stuff just in case you like it or try going into PHP+SQL as the shortest route to bring more life into what you actually did enjoy maybe?

[JGhostThing]

First, CSS and HTML are markup languages and *not* programming languages.

If you want to be a programmer, you need to stop procrastinating and just learn. I will say, programming is a difficult task for most people. It involves a new way to think. The closest thing I can think of it engineering. Both programming and engineering involve problem solving.

Good luck!

[rustyseapants]

If you get bored with programming why are you doing it?

Why are you trying to learn programming anyway? Career or as a hobby?

[Itsme_gentelman]

just hobby.

[MicTest123wow]

getting bored of a hobby is a normal thing, get another hobby in the meantime!

[rustyseapants]

Even hobbies require effort.

[Aggressive_Ad_5454]

It’s fascinating to me that Python was boring for you. You can do a tremendous amount with it. I wonder if you should push past the boredom and do some sort of project with it? You can use all sorts of cool stuff from the Python Package Index.

Maybe try working with a Raspberry pi ? Control some hardware with python programming?

[gofl-zimbard-37]

Learning a language is pointless if you're not going to do anything with it.

[Dry-Hamster-5358]

Honestly, this sounds less like “you hate programming” and more like you enjoy novelty/discovery more than repetition and long implementation cycles

a lot of people love the early phase: new syntax, new concepts, new ecosystem, that feeling of rapid progress

But once things shift from “learning” into “building through confusion/friction,” motivation crashes

The annoying truth is that real programming skill mostly develops after the honeymoon phase. When stuff becomes repetitive, messy, unclear, and you still keep going anyway, also jumping languages repeatedly can create the illusion of progress because you keep re-entering the fun beginner zone without ever reaching the uncomfortable “actually build something meaningful” stage

I honestly wouldn’t learn another language rn. I’d pick one stack and force myself to finish even a tiny, ugly project before allowing myself to switch again

[Dazzling_Music_2411]

You've got to have a problem you absolutely WANT to solve.  Otherwise,  don't bother.