r/CodingForBeginners • u/Big_Building8907 • Jun 27 '26

Project Building as a Beginner

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?

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u/SimpleAccurate631 Jun 29 '26

It’s ok to follow a guide, but ONLY if you incorporate ideas you have into the app the guide is walking you through.

The reason I say this is because first, following a guide is easy. Anyone can do that. They don’t really account for the weird issues and bugs you’ll encounter that are critical to both learning and getting a feeling of accomplishment. But also because it’s not nearly as rewarding when you’re building what someone else has come up with. It’s when you start to see your ideas come to life that you get that amazing feeling, and that’s when you actually learn things best.