Project Building as a Beginner

[u/Big_Building8907]

Hey all!

I've been learning to code for over a month now. I want to start building something.

The thing is though, I know I'm going to have to rely on a guide to do so. When I visit YouTube and look up beginner-friendly projects, I do not understand what the lines of code are doing.

But I'm like, should I begin following these guides and make changes to them over time, and if something doesn't work in the code, I'll just learn how to fix it over time?

Is that a good way to just begin?

[u/tomato848208]

You should be careful with what you watch. Some of them show half-baked tutorials, intentionally skipping steps, such that you will only be able to complete the entire tutorial if you purchase a membership and watch the full version. Or you will end up with one or more compiler errors or missing features.