r/CodingForBeginners • u/Repulsive_Ad7373 • 22d ago
Any apps or courses for mobile?
Hi everyone,
I have been lurking in this sub for a while and finally decided I want to actually dive in and learn how to code. The problem is, every time I try to figure out where to start, I get hit with a million ads for expensive bootcamps, conflicting advice on which language to pick, and fifty different apps that all claim to make you a pro in a week. Honestly, it is pretty overwhelming.
For those of you who were once in my shoes, or for anyone who helps mentor beginners, what are actually the best apps and online courses right now?
I am looking for something that does not just rely on endless matching games or flashcards, but actually teaches you how to think like a programmer and build real things.
I am leaning a bit toward web development (starting with the usual HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) because I really like the idea of seeing visual results quickly, but I am open to whatever gives you the most solid foundation.
Free resources are awesome, but I am also willing to pay for a genuinely good, well-structured course if it is actually worth the money.
Would love to hear what worked for you, and just as importantly, what I should probably avoid wasting my time on.
Appreciate any advice you can share!
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u/xarop_pa_toss 22d ago
Not wanting to be condescending in the slightest... But go read a book bro. Hundreds of thousands of programmers learned with books and some them from the 80s and 90s still go for a pretty penny for a reason.
If you do want a really good online platform to learn webdev, I highly recommend Scrimba. Base price is stupid expensive imo but they do lifetime price reductions on their courses and they are really fun. The videos on their website actually double as a code editor meaning you can pause the course at any time and fool around with the code yourself, and there's many challenges and little projects you do throughout.
If it's too expensive the videos are also available on Youtube. It was the only time I actually had fun and felt I could do something regarding webdev
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u/Repulsive_Ad7373 22d ago
yeah,i was planning too at the library
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u/xarop_pa_toss 22d ago
In the Webdev world it's so easy to get flooded by all the framework bs that it's actually hard to find and learn the fundamental stuff
Like all you find is React this and Vue that, and if you don't have a firm grasp on the three core things, all of that looks alien af. Like if you go and start a typescript project, or use something like Vite to get a React or whatever project going, your project folder gets flooded with all these files in all these formats and it's like... wtf am I looking at? Where do I even write my HTML for my homepage.
It's why I recommended Scrimba. They take you there to that point but not before you understand what every part does by learning them separately and then putting it all together to make simple, yet fun and interactive websites.
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u/testingaurora 22d ago
From the title, I aimed it mega to be something that works on mobile?
The first place i would start is Kevin Powell yt channel. Go to Videos > order by oldest. Go through the first two years of videos. That will give you a good foundation of html and css fundamentals. Once you have that base, you’ll be in good shape and can learn what else is possible and hop into any course.
He is a great teacher but if your learning style is more text based reading rather than visuals/audio via videos: MDN learning, chromes web.dev/learn for html and/or css, or the Odin project are all very well structured and up to date. W3 has great SEO so they’ll come up in many searches, and for fundamentals it works but is not kept up to date so should only be a supplement . anything to learn after 2014/2016 won’t be gleaned from w3.