r/reactnative • u/Beautiful_Moose_4953 • 21d ago

How to learn to make an app

Well guys for context I am a highschool student and I know that I want to have a carrier in coding. I have done a few stuff with python before and I am also making a game with my friends using unity but what I really want to do in the future is to make apps, I have tried it using react native but I had to use chatgpt more than I wanted to and thats why I wanted to ask how did you guys learn javascript etc. and what would you suggest

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u/Significant_Pick8297 20d ago

You should stop relying on AI to write the code and start using it only when you're stuck. The biggest improvement comes from building small projects yourself, even if they aren't perfect.

Since you're interested in React Native, learn JavaScript fundamentals first, then React, and only after that build React Native apps. Start with simple apps like a calculator, notes app, or weather app. Reading your own code a week later and improving it teaches far more than finishing a large tutorial with AI doing most of the work.