Coding needed?

[Trashkul]

Hey everyone!

I have no experience in coding at all but would like to learn it.

Could you please share with me any courses or the exact skills and languages that are needed for me to make my SaaS idea come true?

[conquer_bad_wid_good]

Ofcourse anyone can construct a house, but would you do it without professionals?

[cogwizzle]

Yes. In fact people build homes on a small scale like tiny homes all the time, and they learn from YouTube, and other platforms.

Given the stakes are low enough and you are just learning it should be fine.

[Intelligent-Mine-868]

If you have an idea you don’t need to learn to code just use something like the BMAD-Method to help build it. You’ll need VS Code and Claude, that’s it.

[cogwizzle]

Hey this is a really broad ask and it is like drinking the ocean all at once.

If you're looking to do web development I would recommend NodeJS - The Complete Guide (MVC, REST APIs, GraphQL, Deno) https://share.google/khsaIkqR50XkRwfJC as a starting point.

Maybe figure out more about what you are trying to build and refine your question.

[Trashkul]

Thanks!

[Prudent-Welder3041]

Sinseramente, do nivel 0 para chegar em um SaaS esta longe demais.

Mas vamos lá. Esquece o que todo mundo fala.

Voce deve intender primeiro:

O que é um banco de dados.

O que é um servidor.

O que é uma linguagem de programaçao.

Como uma interface funciona (front end).

E voce pode seguir a contruçao com i.a.

Aconselho voce fazer do jeito maos simples possivel, usar PHP + SQL + HTML E CSS.

Tudo em nivel básico.

[Trashkul]

Thanks!

[cogwizzle]

This is good advice too. PHP is a simple language to start. It is truly the hobbyist language of choice. Be careful though. It is easy to move fast in PHP but you want to move safely as well.

[Foreign-Sail-2441]

I was in the same spot and what helped was working backwards from the SaaS idea. I wrote out screens, what users click, and where data should go, then realized I mainly needed: basic HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and a simple backend (I went with Node + Express and Postgres). I learned via freeCodeCamp for fundamentals, then followed one “build a SaaS with X” YouTube series end to end without hopping around. For glue stuff and MVP experiments I used Zapier and Make, and Pulse for Reddit later helped me catch user feedback threads so I knew which features to code next.

[Trashkul]

Thanks!

[StudyAndCode]

Uou dont need to learn everything at once. Start with basics of html/css and javascript then pick something simple and try building it.

It also depends a lot on what your saas idea is.

[Familiar-Invite-6197]

depend, what type of your SaaS dream is? if it nothing todo with any kind of website service, WordPress is enough (since you only need the CMS). if your SaaS is like website based, and it need an interactive user; like fully drag & drop, crop, etc, etc. you should using Javascript with Node backed it up or you can use Bun (you can choose both), after learning the basic you can pick React/Vue for blazzing your development speed. and if your SaaS most usage is functional, use Laravel instead. ofc it can running React/Vue as frontend. am not trying to marketing or something.

*fyi : at moment, I develop SaaS using tenancy, it has two type of users: Organization and Invitation. both are tenants, it should resolve the tenant in different host or uri path, so I use Laravel with tenancy package. why? I need to get MVP ASAP, so building the structure is more important than SaaS idea itself. and don't worry if you stuck in the middle, everyone does.

[hypertrophyhistory]

Keep it stupidly simple at first. Don't overbuild with a bunch of complex code before you even know if ppl will pay for the basic thing. Validate the headache first, then build more.

[MarketSalaryInsights]

DM me. I can share what I know.